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Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.439, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Mary Pierson Cheney by Clothes Line
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.439, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined

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)
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)
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