Cheneys Having a Picnic
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
SubjectPortrait of
Roger Williams Cheney
American, 1907 - 1990
SubjectPortrait of
Hannah Latimer Cheney
American, 1912 - 2012
SubjectPortrait of
Mary Caroline Ogden Pierson
American, 1874 - 1949
Dateabout 1919
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 1/8 × 4 1/8in. (7.9 × 10.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 × 4 1/2in. (8.6 × 11.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 × 4 1/2in. (8.6 × 11.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionRoger Williams Cheney, Hannah Latimer Cheney, and their mother Mary Pierson Cheney sit outside around a picnic blanket. There is a large picnic basket sitting in the middle and another sitting off of the blanket, to the right. Mary is holding a sandwich. There are a few trees behind them and a stone wall in the background.
Object number1988.133.482
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "Roger Williams Cheney, Hannah Latimer Cheney / (Williams) and Mary Pierson (Cheney) having / a picnic. There's a stone wall in the / background. / c. 1919"NotesNegative of 1988.85.138.311 (photograph in album)According to cataloging worksheet in object file, photograph was taken in Connecticut.
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