Mary Wilcox Russell Cheney as Empress Josephine
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Date1922
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 4 1/8 × 3 1/8in. (10.5 × 7.9cm)
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 3 3/8in. (11.7 × 8.6cm)
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 3 3/8in. (11.7 × 8.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionView of Mary Wilcox Russell Cheney standing on the brick porch of a large house. She is wearing a dress that has juliet sleeves, a ruffled colar, and a long train that flows over the edge of the porch onto the grass. She has thick feathers in her hair and is wearing a long necklace. There are two chairs on the porch behind her, one on either side of the front entrance, under a portico. The double doors to the house are closed. There is a lantern hanging from the roof of the portico.
Object number1988.133.527
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "Mary Wilcox Russell (Cheney)"NotesNegative of 1992.115.13 (photograph in album)According to cataloging worksheet in object file, image depicts "Mary Wilcox (Russell) Cheney dressed as Empress Josephine in a costume made of Cheney silk for an international silk show".
A sign in film 1985.113.2 describes the costume as "EMPRESS / JOSEPHINE".
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