Alice Barrett Cheney (1858 - 1908)
SubjectPortrait of
Alice Barrett Cheney, 1858 - 1908
American, 1858 - 1908
Date1873 - 1883
MediumPhotography; black and white photograph on paper on cardstock mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 3/8 × 3 3/4in. (13.7 × 9.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 1/16 × 4 7/16in. (15.4 × 11.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 1/16 × 4 7/16in. (15.4 × 11.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank Crocker
DescriptionBust length portrait of Alice Barrett Cheney as a young woman. She is wearing a dress or costume that has puffed sleeves and decorative stripes running vertically down the torso. Her hair appears to be gathered in a bun on the top of her head and she is wearing a flower-covered tiara.
Object number1979.25.322
MarkingsEmbossed in the lower left corner of photograph: [all within an embossed rectangle] "BUNDY- / NEWELL / [short horizontal line] / HARTFORD"InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso of mount: "Alice Cheney / daughter of Frank Cheney"NotesDate Note: Estimate made based on life dates and approximate age of subject in photograph.Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
