Seth Leslie Cheney
SubjectPortrait of
Seth Leslie Cheney
American, 1874 - 1942
PhotographerPhotographed by
Edmund Martin Ogden
American, 1869 - 1945
Date1930 - 1940
MediumPhotography; black and white photograph on paper and cardstock
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 6 9/16 × 4 9/16in. (16.7 × 11.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 10 13/16 × 7 3/8in. (27.5 × 18.7cm)
Folder (closed; height x width): 11 × 7 1/2in. (27.9 × 19.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 10 13/16 × 7 3/8in. (27.5 × 18.7cm)
Folder (closed; height x width): 11 × 7 1/2in. (27.9 × 19.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionHead and shoulders length studio portrait of Seth Leslie Cheney as an older man. He is angled slightly to the right and is looking above the camera in that direction. He is wearing a suit jacket, a white shirt, and a black tie that has white stripes on it. The photograph is mounted on a thick piece of paper that has deckled edges, inside a cardstock folder.
Object number1988.85.101
MarkingsDebossed and printed on cover: "A Portrait / by / Ogden / Sixty Nine Pratt Street / Hartford, Conn."InscribedHandwritten in pencil on recto of mount below image, underlined: "Ogden"Handwritten in pencil on verso of cover: "Seth "Leslie" Cheney"NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and approximate age of subject in photograph. Cataloging worksheet in object file gives date as circa 1938.
Seth Leslie Cheney was the sixth child of Frank Woodbridge Cheney and Mary Bushnell Cheney. He had eleven siblings.
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Ward Cheney
