Two Boys Playing in the Sand
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Dateabout 1911
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 1/4 × 4 3/8in. (8.3 × 11.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 7/16 × 4 11/16in. (8.7 × 11.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 7/16 × 4 11/16in. (8.7 × 11.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionClose-up view of two boys squatting in the sand. They are both wearing shorts and sweaters. The boy on the left wears a bucket hat. There are two buckets sitting in front of the boys, and a pile of seaweed in the foreground. In the background there are several large boulders.
Object number1988.133.402
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "View of two children, squatting and playing / in the sand on the shore of Fisher's / Island. Roger Williams Cheney is on the right. / c. 1911"NotesNegative of 1988.175.8.165 (photograph in album)Subject Terms
On View
Not on view