Practicing Captions

Practicing Captions

#1

Object: Man’s top hat

Material: Silk flesh hat with grosgrain edge band, tiny metal mesh air hole at top.

Description: worn by L. Llewellyn W. Jones at his wedding with Violet W. Andrews in 1896 at St. Mary’s P.E. Church, 39th & Locust St., Philadelphia.

#2

This is a 19^th century man’s top hat worn by L. Llewellyn W. Jones at his wedding with Violet W. Andrews. At St. Mary’s P.E. Church, 39th & Locust St., Philadelphia. (3916 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104)

The material of the hat is silk with grosgrain edge band , tiny metal mesh air hole at top.

#3

This Man’s top hat was worn by L. Llewellyn W. Jones at his wedding with Violet W. Andrews. At St. Mary’s P.E. Church in Philadelphia. His hat is beautifully made with silk. The hat has a curvy edge decorated with another layer of silk grosgrain.

I will choose number three caption because it written in a tone which is more close to a real conversation. But after a more careful thinking, caption number three seems too complicated for viewers. Maybe a combination of caption one and three will be a better result for exhibition.