Arthur Cheney Photograph Album
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Datemid 19th century
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard mounts in leather-covered photograph album with metal clasps
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/4 x 2in. (8.3 x 5.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 1/2 x 7 1/2in. (24.1 x 19.1cm)
Other (album height x width x depth): 9 7/8 x 8 x 3 1/4in. (25.1 x 20.3 x 8.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Gurton B. Thorne
Object number2011.506.1
DescriptionFormal studio portraits of men, women, boys, and girls. Some men wear military uniforms. Some photographs include chairs, tables, drapery, ballustrades and other studio props; some include painted backdrops. Subject include Arthur Cheney, his wife Emeline, and daughter Ethel M. Cheney. Famous sitters include Wendell Phillips, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Brigham Young, J. B. Herreschoff, and a series of presidents of Harvard College.
NotesSubject Note: Arthur Cheney (1837-1878) was the son of Ward Cheney, of the Cheney Silk Manufactory in Manchester, Connecticut. Arthur Cheney was the proprietor of the Globe Theater in Boston, Massachusetts. His daughter Ethel M. Cheney married Samuel Thorne, the son of Phebe and Samuel Thorne and the nephew of Harriet Van Schoonhoven Thorne. (Finlay 4/4/2014)Status
Not on view
