Cocoonery, Cheney Brothers, Manchester
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 11/16 x 4 5/16in. (17 x 11cm)
Credit LineGift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank Crocker
DescriptionA woman and two men with mustaches stand beside a rack holding small bundles of branches with cocoons on them inside a greenhouse. Gears for adjusting the windows are overhead. One man holds a branch with a few leaves, presumably mulberry leaves, on it.
Object number1979.25.37
InscribedOn verso: "A cocoonery / Cheney Brothers."Subject Terms
On View
Not on view1855-1875