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Gift of Edith Cowles Poor, 2008.38.48, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Und…
Nell Cheney
Gift of Edith Cowles Poor, 2008.38.48, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Undetermined

Nell Cheney

PhotographerPhotographed by Horace L. Bundy American, 1839 - 1918
SubjectPortrait of Ellen Waitstill Cheney American, 1862 - 1938
Dateabout 1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 3/8 x 2in. (6 x 5.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 3/8 x 2in. (6 x 5.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 2 3/8 x 2in. (6 x 5.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Edith Cowles Poor
DescriptionBust lengthe portrait of a young woman wearing a dress trimmed with lace.
Object number2008.38.48
InscribedOn verso, in pencil, "Nell Cheney"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: The sitter is probably Ellen Cheney, the daughter of Knight Dexter Cheney.
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.134  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Horace L. Bundy
    1872-1880
    Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.53  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Horace L. Bundy
    1887-1889
    Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.3  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Horace L. Bundy
    late 19th century
    Gift of John Gambell, 2005.181.82  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Horace L. Bundy
    1886-1903
    Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.108  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Horace L. Bundy
    1888-1889
    Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.109  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Horace L. Bundy
    1888-1889
    1979.91.1  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Horace L. Bundy
    1886
    Gift of H. Thomas Cornelius, 2009.86.1  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Horace L. Bundy
    1872-1889