On View
Not on viewSummer House
Date1869
Dimensions32 × 24.5 cm (12 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Markings"Summer House" written in graphite on verso.
Credit LineGift of Kim Lishansky
Object number2024.4.6
DescriptionOne of seven photographs (1.2024.1-.7) of original drawings by May Alcott, part of the publication, "Concord Sketches: consisting of twelve photographs from original drawings" by May Alcott (1869). Verso has "Summer House" written in graphite. A winding path leads to the "Summer House," a circular wooden structure covered in leaves and flowers with a rounded top that ends in a point.