Margaret Swan Cheney
SubjectPortrait of
Margaret Swan Cheney
(American, 1855 - 1882)
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace L. Bundy
(American, 1839 - 1918)
Date1875 - 1882
MediumPhotography; black and white photograph on paper and CDV cardstock
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 9/16 × 2 1/4in. (9 × 5.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 1/16 × 2 1/2in. (10.3 × 6.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr.
Object number1991.54.131
DescriptionBust length studio portrait of Margaret Swan Cheney as a young woman. Her body is angled to the right but she is looking directly at the camera. Margaret is wearing a dark colored dress that has a high collar. There is a white ruffled collar sticking up from underneath. She also appears to be wearing a choker necklace that has a cameo pendant hanging from it. Margaret's hair is styled in a knot on top of her head.
There is a thin, gold border on the carte-de-visite, around the image area.
NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and approximate age of subject in photograph. Cataloging worksheet in object file gives date as circa 1881. There is a thin, gold border on the carte-de-visite, around the image area.
Cataloging worksheet in object file states the following: "Margaret was the only daughter of Seth and Ednah. She attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked in the Women's Laboratory. Her focus was on Chemistry. She died at the age of 27 of typhoid."
Status
Not on view
Margaret Weeks
2008-2009
mid 20th century
