Mary Pierson Cheney and her Children on the Porch, Haversham, Rhode Island
Date1904
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 x 4in. (12.7 x 10.2cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionA woman is seated in a rocking chair on the porch of a shingled cottage, holding a small boy in her lap. An older boy and girl stand on either side of her. The girl and the baby wear broad-brimmed straw hats.
Object number1988.133.208
InscribedOn paper envelope, in pencil, "1988-133-208 / Mary Pierson (Cheney) seated on the porch / of a cottage at Haversham, RI. She is / holding Stephen Pierson Cheney (1903-68) on / her lap and Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. (1899-/1930) and Antoinette Phelps Cheney (b. 1901) are / flanking her. c. 1904." "1988-175-9.34"On View
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