Child Hanging Upside Down From Trapeze Bar
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Dateabout 1915
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 2 1/8 × 2 5/8in. (5.4 × 6.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 3/8 × 2 3/4in. (6 × 7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 3/8 × 2 3/4in. (6 × 7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionView of a child, probably a boy, hanging upside down from a trapeze bar. The bar is suspended by rope. The boy is holding the bar with both hands and has his feet hooked around the ropes on each end. There is a pile of lumber on the ground just behind him, in front of a tree. There is a one-story building to the left and another small building in the background.
Object number1988.133.577
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "Child hanging upside down from / a suspended bar."NotesCataloging worksheet in object file states that the photograph was probably taken in Connecticut.On View
Not on view
