Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney
SubjectPortrait of
Ednah Dow Littlehale
American, 1824 - 1904
PhotographerPhotographed by
Edward L. Allen
American, 1830 - 1914
Dateabout 1864
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 × 2 7/16in. (10.2 × 6.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr.
DescriptionBust length studio portrait of Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney as a young or middle-aged woman. She is pictured in profile, looking to the right. Her hair is pulled back in a low bun with a curl hanging loose at the back.
Object number1991.54.129
MarkingsPrinted in dark brown ink at bottom of carte-de-visite: "ALLEN / 13 WINTER STREET."InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso: "Mrs. Ednah D. Cheney"Handwritten in pencil on verso: "Seth's wife"
Handwritten in pencil on verso: "Ednah Dow Littlehale / m. Seth Wells Cheney / 1853"NotesDate note: Estimate made based on dates E. L. Allen operated at 13 Winter Street, Boston (about 1863 to 1865 according to the finding aid of the " Study Collection of Nineteenth-Century Boston Photographers" at the Boston Athenæum. Accessed online 11/7/2023.)
Cataloging worksheet in object file gives date as circa 1854, a decade earlier.
According to cataloging worksheet in object file, "Ednah was the second wife of Seth Wells Cheney, they were married in 1853. Seth died in 1856 of tuberculosis. Ednah remained close to the Cheney family and her neice married Knight Dexter Cheney. She was a writer, literary critic, feminist and was involved in the anti-slavery movement."
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