Summer Party on the Lawn of "Big Red"
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
SubjectPortrait of
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
SubjectPortrait of
Ward Cheney
American, 1875 - 1900
SubjectPortrait of
Captain John Davenport Cheney
American, 1870 - 1919
SubjectPortrait of
Howell Cheney
American, 1870 - 1957
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 1/2 × 2 3/4in. (6.4 × 7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 1/2 × 2 3/4in. (6.4 × 7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionSeveral people sit or lay on an ornate carpet on the lawn of "Big Red", the Frank Woodbridge Cheney House. A few of the people sit back-to-back in a circle. In front of them, one man or boy lays with his feet pointed towards the camera. A boy lays perpendicularly, with his head on the first person's stomach. Another man lays with his head on the boy's stomach, feet pointing towards the camera. Horace Bushnell Cheney, Ward Cheney, John Davenport Cheney and Howell Cheney are all in the image.
Object number1988.133.343
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "summer lawn party on the lawn of / the Frank Woodbridge Cheney House, / Big Red / View includes Horace Bushnell Cheney, Ward / Cheney, John Davenport Cheney, Howell / CheneyNotesNegative of 1988.175.3.100 (negative in album)Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1920
