Groups at Time of Bessie's Wedding
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
SubjectPortrait of
Ednah Parker Cheney
American, 1873 - 1947
SubjectPortrait of
Emily Cheney
American, 1864 - 1952
SubjectPortrait of
Elizabeth Cheney
American, 1865 - 1898
SubjectPortrait of
Captain John Davenport Cheney
American, 1870 - 1919
SubjectPortrait of
Howell Cheney
American, 1870 - 1957
SubjectPortrait of
Theodora Cheney
American, 1874 - 1951
SubjectPortrait of
Helen Cheney
American, 1868 - 1937
Dateabout 1890
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 3/4 × 4 11/16in. (9.5 × 11.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/4 × 4 11/16in. (9.5 × 11.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/4 × 4 11/16in. (9.5 × 11.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionA group of eighteen men and women stand, outside, in front of a large shrub. Four women sit on the ground in front of the people standing, and a dog curls up on the grass in front of them. The image was taken at the time of Elizabeth "Bessie" Cheney Cowles' wedding. Ednah Parker Cheney (Underhill), Emily Cheney (Learned), Elizabeth Cheney (Cowles), John Davenport Cheney, Howell Cheney, Theodora Cheney (Dorey), and Helen Cheney (Bayne) are all present in the image.
Object number1988.133.332
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "From envelope labelled 'groups at time of / Bessie's Wedding' / c. 1890 / 2 rows of men and women, one row seated / one standing. Dog in foreground. / Present in view: Ednah Parker Cheney (Underhill), / Emily Cheney (Learned), Elizabeth Cheney (Cowles), / John Davenport Cheney, Howell Cheney, Theodora / Cheney (Dorey), Helen Cheney (Bayne)"NotesNegative of 1988.175.3.84 (photograph in album)On View
Not on view
