Skip to main content
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.455, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Clifford Dudley Cheney in Guardsman Uniform
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.455, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined

Clifford Dudley Cheney in Guardsman Uniform

PhotographerPhotographed by Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr. American, 1868 - 1936
SubjectPortrait of Clifford Dudley Cheney American, 1877-1948
SubjectPortrait of Stephen Pierson Cheney American, 1903 - 1968
Dateabout 1917
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 × 2 15/16in. (10.2 × 7.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 7/16 × 3 3/16in. (11.3 × 8.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionClifford Dudley Cheney stands in uniform in front of a small tent, holding his hat in his hands. A gentleman wearing a coat and bowler hat stands to this left. A flag flies to the left of the gentleman. Stephen Pierson Cheney and two men stand to Clifford's right (one may be Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr.). There are two large bundles sitting in the grass in the foreground of the image.
Object number1988.133.455
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "View of Clifford Dudley Cheney in military / uniform, other men in civilian clothes and / Stephen Pierson Cheney in the foreground / c. 1917 / 'Training of the National Guard at Niantic'"NotesNegative of 1988.175.10.103 (photograph in album)
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Mrs. George W. Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.21, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copy…
    Clifford Dudley Cheney
    1897 - 1917
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.336, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
    Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
    about 1890
    Gift of Edith Cowles Poor, 2008.38.55, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Und…
    Clifford Dudley Cheney
    about 1900
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.4, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright U…
    Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
    about 1904
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.442, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
    Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
    about 1914
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.480, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
    Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
    about 1906
    Child's Mug
    Unknown
    1825-1845
    Pitcher and Punch Bowl
    Captain Robert Niles
    1800-1815
    Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, 1991.54.170, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyr…
    Ellen Waitstill Cheney
    about 1884