Charlotte Matthews and her daughter Florence lounge in a two hammocks under the trees at Clovercroft, the Matthews' family estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Two other Matthews children, Jessie and Edward, are sitting on the ground. Jessie has...
Members of the Matthews family pose outside Clovercroft. According to a handwritten note on the verso side, from left to right are Marc Osborne, Ed Matthews, Lillian Fletcher, Florence Matthews, Charlotta Osborne, Elizabeth Fletcher Brackett, Kate...
The Matthews family enjoys afternoon tea on the lawn at Clovercroft. From left to right are: Charlotta Matthews Osborn, Florence Matthews, Kate Matthews, Lillian Fletcher, Edward H. Matthews, and Jessie Matthews Joy. Handwritten on verso by Kate...
Edward Matthews, posing as a soldier in a military uniform, stands with the reins of a horse in his left hand and the hand of a woman, who is turned away from him, in his right. Title supplied by cataloger.
Edward Matthews, posing as a soldier in a military uniform, is sitting on a horse preparing to ride away from a young woman who stands on the ground looking up at him. The woman is Mary Johnston. Title supplied by cataloger.
Ed Matthews, dressed in a dark business suit, sits on a beach smoking a pipe. Handwritten on verso in Matthews Fletcher's hand: "Ed Matthews." Title supplied by cataloger.
Formal portrait of photographer Kate Matthews brother, Ed Matthews, as a young man. Handwritten on verso in Kate Matthews' handwriting: " _d the Flirt, By Kate Matthews" It appears as if the name of the person it was addressed to has been...
Photographer Kate Matthews' brother, Ed, sits in a rocking chair in front of a stone fireplace in Clovercroft, the Matthews family home in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. The photographer's signature is on a frame folder holding the print. Title supplied...
Charlotta Matthews serves tea to her sons Edward and Michael on the lawn at their family home, Clovercroft, in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Handwritten on mount in an unidentified handwriting: "Grandmother Matthews serves tea to Edward and...
Tableaux; Soldiers; Men; People with disabilities; War casualties; Kentucky Confederate Home
Edward Matthews poses as a Confederate soldier who lost part of one leg in the war. He holds a sword as he sits in a chair under a pine tree with a blanket across his lap and crutches at his side. Kentucky Confederate Home for Civil War veterans...
Birthday parties; Dwellings; Houses; Stone buildings; Garden parties; Walkways
Members of photographer Kate Matthews' family gather outdoors at Twigmore in Pewee Valley, Kentucky to celebrate a birthday. Twigmore was an estate owned by the photographer's niece, Lillian Fletcher. Charlotta Matthews Osborn is seated at the...
A man believed to be the photographer's brother, Ed Matthews, is wearing a light-colored suit with a bow tie and light-colored shoes as he stands with his hands in his pockets under a large pine tree. Title supplied by cataloger.
A man believed to be the photographer's brother, Ed Matthews, is wearing a light-colored suit with a bow tie and light-colored shoes as he sits on a cast iron bench in the shade of a tree. Title supplied by cataloger.
A young woman in an antebellum dress sits with a young man on a garden bench. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairy tales, books, or poems. This appears to be one...
Profile of a man sitting in a chair. He is leaning forward with his left elbow on his knee and his chin in hand. He holds a Meerschaum pipe in his right hand. The man appears to be the photographer's brother, Ed Matthews. Handwritten by...
