Boy Balancing a Ladder
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Date1890-1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 2 1/2 × 2 1/2in. (6.4 × 6.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 9/16 × 2 3/4in. (6.5 × 7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 9/16 × 2 3/4in. (6.5 × 7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionA boy wearing a boater hat balances on a ladder that is not leaning against anything. He is outside. The corner of a porch is visible behind him to the left. This photo was taken on the lawn of "Big Red", the Frank Woodbridge Cheney House, during a summer party.
Object number1988.133.341
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "Boy balancing ^on a ladder that is / not supported by anything. On the / lawn of the Frank Woodbridge Cheney / House, "Big Red" during a summer / party"NotesNegative of 1988.175.3.97 (photograph in album)On View
Not on view
