Alice in a Venetian Renaissance Costume
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Date1922
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 1/8 × 3 1/8in. (10.5 × 7.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 5/8 × 3 3/8in. (11.7 × 8.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 5/8 × 3 3/8in. (11.7 × 8.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionView of Alice (possibly Alice Gay Cheney) standing on the brick front porch of a large house. She is wearing an Elizabethan-style dress that is edged with ribbon and has ruffled cuffs at the end of the sleeves. She is wearing a shawl and a long necklace, and has a ruff around her neck. Her hands are on her hips. The double doors to the house are closed behind her. There is a lantern hangning from the potico over the porch. There is a window to the right of the front entrance, and its shutters are open.
Object number1988.133.532
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "Alice"NotesNegative of 1992.115.19 (photograph in album)According to cataloging worksheet in object file, image depicts "Alice (Gay Cheney?) dressed in a Victorian costume made by Cheney Bros. for an international silk show".
A sign in film 1985.113.2 indicates that the costume is of a "VENETIAN LADY / ITALIAN RENAISSANCE / PERIOD".
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