Hannah and Stephen or Roger Cheney Rolling Down a Hill
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
SubjectPortrait of
Stephen Pierson Cheney
American, 1903 - 1968
SubjectPortrait of
Hannah Latimer Cheney
American, 1912 - 2012
SubjectPortrait of
Roger Williams Cheney
American, 1907 - 1990
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 5/8in. (8.6 × 11.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 × 4 5/8in. (8.6 × 11.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionView of Hannah Latimer Cheney and Stephen Pierson or Roger Williams Cheney outdoors on a hill. Hannah lays flat on the grass, with her feet pointed toward the camera. Her dress is pulled up abover her kness and her head is not visible. To the right, up the hill, one of her brothers sits in the grass. His knees are bent and he leans slightly backwards, as though about to roll backwards down the hill. There are two houses visible behind them, obscured by shrubs.
Object number1988.133.483
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "View of Stephen Pierson Cheney and Hannah / Latimer Cheney (Williams) outside rolling down / a hill. c. 1919"NotesNegative of 1988.85.138.312 (photograph in album)According to cataloging worksheet in object file, photograph was taken in Connecticut.
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