Photograph
Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin
| Photographic print of an amateur painting, probably representing the "first house in Madison, Wisconsin." The Peck Cabin, one of the many free variations on an original painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey, painted around 1869. This canvas was originally an early 19th century landscape, partly painted over about 1885 to insert the cabin, figures, and foreground. Inscribed in paint on the reverse side: "First House built in Madison, Erected by Eben Peck, on lot 6, block 107, in May 1837." Currently (1965) in custody of the Mendota State Hospital, Department of Occupational Therapy. |
| Image ID: | 44096 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1837 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | WHS Museum Collection |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | paintings |
| Original Format Number: | Museum 1998.20.801 |
| Original Dimensions: | unknown |
| An early museum record card states that Simeon Mills presented a painting of this subject by C.A. Johnson to the Wisconsin Historical Society in 1858. This is possibly the painting referred to. |
| Shorelines |
| Cities and towns |
| Landscape |
| Land use, Rural |
| Wagons |
| Lakes |
| Painting |
| Trees |
| Cabins |
| Log cabins |
| This image is issued by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Use of the image requires written permission from the staff of the Collections Division. It may not be sold or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media. The image should not be significantly altered through conventional or electronic means. Images altered beyond standard cropping and resizing require further negotiation with a staff member. The user is responsible for all issues of copyright. Please Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society. |
| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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