Mary Pierson Cheney With Her Father and Children
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
SubjectPortrait of
Mary Caroline Ogden Pierson
American, 1874 - 1949
SubjectPortrait of
Stephen C. Pierson
American, 1841 - 1918
SubjectPortrait of
Stephen Pierson Cheney
American, 1903 - 1968
Dateabout 1906
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 2 1/4 × 3 5/16in. (5.7 × 8.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 7/16 × 3 5/16in. (6.2 × 8.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 7/16 × 3 5/16in. (6.2 × 8.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionMary Pierson Cheney sits outdoors on a lawn with some family members. Her father, Stephen C. Pierson, lounges in the grass to her right. Two of her children, Stephen Pierson and Antoinette Phelps, kneel on the ground in front of him. The lawn slopes upwards behind all of them, ending with a line of trees in the background. Mary and the children wear large hats.
Object number1988.133.478
InscribedHandwritten in ink on bottom of negative (emulsion side up): "1033845"Handwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "View of Mary Pierson (Cheney), Stephen C. Pierson, / Stephen P. Cheney and Antoinette Phelps Cheney / (Crocker) c. 1906 / They are seated on the ground, children and / May are wearing white colored clothes and / hats"NotesNegative of 1988.85.138.259 (photograph in album)
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