Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. in Costume
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1923 - 1930
MediumPhotography; color photograph on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 6 1/4 × 4 7/16in. (15.9 × 11.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
Object number1991.63.9
DescriptionView of a man, probably Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr., dressed in a military or nobleman's costume. He is wearing a beige coat that has a tall standing collar and gold braid on the shoulders and chest, over a white shirt and cravat. There is a powdered wig on his head. The subject is turned slightly to the right. The subject's eyes and lips have been hand colored. There is a blue circle on the cravat which may be a hand-colored brooch. Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. directed the Jitney Players, a traveling theater troupe. This may be a picture of him in costume for one of their performances.
NotesDate note: Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. founded the Jitney Players in 1923 and managed the troupe until his death in 1930. It is likely that this photograph was taken while he was acting in one of the Jitney Players' productions. Information taken from the finding aid of the "Jitney Players records,*T-Mss 2014-122", part of the Billy Rose Theatre Division at The New York Public Library. Accessed 12/29/23.
Status
Not on view
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1920
