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H. Phelps Putnam, Farwell Knapp, and Russell Cheney in the Studio Garden, Manchester, Connecticut

Dateabout 1925

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 5/8 x 8 1/2in. (14.3 x 21.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 x 8 7/8in. (15.2 x 22.5cm)

Credit LineGift of Edith Cowles Poor

DescriptionThree men are seated in folding chairs around a round table outdoors on a grassy lawn. A wine bottle is on the table and the three men are raising their glasses in a toast. One man has a mustache. One man wears a hat. Plants and bushes grow beside a wall in the background.

Object number2008.38.2

InscribedOn verso, in black crayon, "H. Phelps Putnam / Farwell Knapf / Russell Cheney / Manchester, Conn. / Studio garden"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: H. Phelps Putnam (1894-1958) was a poet, whose first book, Trinc, was published in 1927. Farwell Knapp (1891-1947) was a lawyer, tax commissioner, and a teacher at the Hartford Law School. Russell Cheney (1881-1945) was a painter. He was the brother of Knight Dexter Cheney, Philip Cheney, and Thomas Langdon Cheney. (Finlay 2/19/2014)

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