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Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.408, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Mary Wilcox Russell Cheney Holding a Dead Racoon
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.408, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined

Mary Wilcox Russell Cheney Holding a Dead Racoon

SubjectPortrait of Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr. American, 1868 - 1936
Date1900-1910
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x weight): 4 × 3 3/4in. (10.2 × 9.5cm)
Sheet (height x weight): 4 7/8 × 3 15/16in. (12.4 × 10cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionMay Wilcox Russell Cheney is standing outdoors on top of some wooden planks. She is holding a dead racoon by its hind legs, and she is looking down at it. There is an open space behind her and then a thick row of trees.
Object number1988.133.408
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "View of Mary Wilcox Russell (Cheney) holding / a dead racoon by the hind legs."NotesNegative of 1988.175.9.44 (photograph in album)
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.572, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
    Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
    1900-1920
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.477, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
    Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
    about 1908
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.85.100, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright …
    Russell Cheney
    about 1935
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.519, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
    Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
    about 1923
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.456, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
    Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
    about 1917
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.563, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
    Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
    about 1895
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.479, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
    Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
    about 1906