Cheney Children in Front of Tea House
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
SubjectPortrait of
Stephen Pierson Cheney
American, 1903 - 1968
SubjectPortrait of
Roger Williams Cheney
American, 1907 - 1990
Dateabout 1909
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 2 1/4 × 3 1/4in. (5.7 × 8.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 3/8 × 3 5/8in. (6 × 9.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 3/8 × 3 5/8in. (6 × 9.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionA boy, a girl, and a toddler stand outside in the grass in front of a small hut. There is a row of trees behind the hut, which has a roof and open sides. The children are all in nice clothes, and the girl has a large bow in her hair. They are Stephen P. Cheney, Antoinette Phelps Cheney (Crocker) and Roger Williams Cheney. The hut is a tea house or summer house that stood near the Horace Bushnell Cheney house in South Manchester, Connecticut.
Object number1988.133.387
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "View of Stephen P. Cheney, Antoinette Phelps / Cheney (Crocker) and Roger Williams Cheney. / Standing in front of the "tea house" or / "summer house" on the hill by the Horace / Bushnell Cheney house, South Manchester, / CT. / c. 1909"NotesNegative of 1988.175.8.75 (photograph in album)On View
Not on view
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1914
