Horace Bushnell Cheney's Room at Sheffield Scientific
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
(American, 1868 - 1936)
Dateabout 1890
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 2 5/8 × 2 3/4in. (6.7 × 7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 × 3 1/8in. (7.6 × 7.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
Object number1988.133.345
DescriptionView of a fireplace in a carpeted room. The walls of the room are covered by beadboard and floral wallpaper. Several pictures hang on the walls. A few images of sailboats and one large image of a cow hang directly above the mantel. They are flanked, one one each side, by rifles. A banjo sits on the ground in the corner to the left of the fireplace, in front of a narrow door. There is a chair against the wall to the right. A low, metal fence surrounds the opening of the fireplace, and various fire utensils sit inside of it. The room is at Sheffield Scientific School, a school of Yale College.
NotesNegative of 1988.175.3.106 (photograph in album)Status
Not on view
1925 - 1930
