Howell Cheney
SubjectPortrait of
Howell Cheney
American, 1870 - 1957
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1925 - 1935
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 4 15/16 × 4 3/16in. (12.5 × 10.6cm)
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 armchair. 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 number1988.85.85
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on envelope by cataloger: "B/W Copy negative of / Howell Cheney / C. 1950's - 70's / Image: c. 1925-35"NotesDate note: Cataloging worksheet in object file gives date of negative as 1950s-1970s and date of imgae as circa 1925-1935. A photograph reproduced from this negative has "about 1950" written on the verso. Photograph 1988.85.84 was printed from this negative.
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
