Howell Cheney
SubjectPortrait of
Howell Cheney
American, 1870 - 1957
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1925 - 1935
MediumPhotography; black and white photograph on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 3/8 × 3 7/16in. (11.1 × 8.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 15/16 × 4 1/16in. (12.5 × 10.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 15/16 × 4 1/16in. (12.5 × 10.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams.
DescriptionHalf length view of Howell Cheney as an older man, in what appears to be a library. He is sitting in a large, patterened arm chair. Howell is wearing a three-piece suit with a watch chain, white shirt, and a dark tie. His eyebrows are dark but the rest of his hair is gray or white and he has a receding hair line. There are books on a bookshelf in the background.
Object number1988.85.84
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso: "Howell Cheney."NotesDate note: Cataloging worksheet in object file gives date as circa 1925-1935. However, another copy of the photograph has "about 1950" written on the back. Photograph was made from negative 1988.85.85.
Howell was the son of Frank Woodbridge Cheney and Mary Bushnell Cheney. He had ten siblings, one of whom (John Davenport) was his twin.
On View
Not on view
Anna M. Howell
Charles Smith
Hamilton Washington Conklin
Unknown
Ward Cheney