Elaine, lily maid of Astolat.
Title
Elaine , lily maid of Astolat .
Creator
Matthews, Kate, 1870-1956 (photographer)
Description
Mary Johnston as Elaine and a boatman in a reenactment of Tennyson's poem , "Lily Maid of Astolat. " A handwritten inscription by someone other than the photographer says that the boatman is Kate Matthews , but an article in "The Louisville Courier-Journal " on November 12 , 1942 indicated that the boatman was Bert Gatchel . In "The Little Colonel , Maid of Honor " (1906) , author Annie Fellows Johnston describes a similar tableau with Lloyd Sherman as Elaine and Malcolm McIntyre as the boatman . Photographer Kate Matthews ' signature is on lower right corner of mount . Also handwritten on mount in a handwriting believed to be that of the photographer's niece , Lillian Fletcher Brackett : "Mary Johnston as Elaine ; Kate Matthews as _____. " Title supplied by cataloger .
Subject
Tableaux Boatmen Women Dead persons Poetry
People Pictured
Johnston, Mary Gardner, 1873-1966 Gatchel, Albert Durfee
Location Depicted
Pewee Valley (Ky.) Oldham County (Ky.)
Date Original
1885 - 1905
Object Type
Photographic prints
Source
4.5 x 7.5 in. hand-tinted photographic print (Item no. ULPA 1987.86.095.p) in the Kate Matthews (1870-1956) Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Related Images
Physical collection includes a tinted print (ULPA 1987.86.095.p) and a slide of a print of this image (ULPA 1984.25.072.s).
Collection
Kate Matthews (1870-1956) Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/matthews/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA 1987.86.095
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