Mary Pierson Cheney by Clothes Line
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
SubjectPortrait of
Mary Caroline Ogden Pierson
American, 1874 - 1949
Dateabout 1914
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 1/8 × 3 1/8in. (10.5 × 7.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/2 × 3 3/8in. (11.4 × 8.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/2 × 3 3/8in. (11.4 × 8.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionMary Pierson Cheney stands in the woods, on upward-sloping ground. There is a clothes line criss-crossing behind her. There are five articles of what appear to be underclothing hanging on the line. There is a large log beneath the clothes, and the rest of the ground is littered with sticks and roots.
Object number1988.133.439
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "View of Mary Pierson Cheney standing / beside a clothes line after doing laundry / in Canada during her hunting trip / with Horace Bushnell Cheney, HBC, Jr. and / Stephen Pierson Cheney."NotesNegative of 1988.175.10.67 (photograph in album)Subject Terms
On View
Not on view