Antoinette Cheney and Unidentified Girl on the Beach
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Dateabout 1911
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 3/16 × 4 3/8in. (8.1 × 11.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 × 4 11/16in. (8.6 × 11.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 × 4 11/16in. (8.6 × 11.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionAntoinette Phelps Cheney and another girl stand facing eachother on the beach at Fishers Island, New York. They are near the water's edge and there are piles of seaweed all around them. They are wearing matching dresses. Antoinette stands on the left, barefoot in the sand, looking at something in her hands. She wears a thick headband. The other girl is also wearing a headband. She has shoes and socks on and is standing on a rock. There is a boy standing in the background to the right, and beyond him there is a pile of rocks in the water.
Object number1988.133.404
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "View of Antoinette Phelps Cheney (Crocker) / and an unidentified girl by the water / at Fisher's Island, NY. There is / seaweed on the beach all around them. / c. 1911"NotesNegative of 1988.175.8.167 (photograph in album)Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
