Rush Cheney
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
MakerMade by
Daniel J. Broderick
American, 1891 - 1962
Dateabout 1870
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 ): 9 3/4 × 6 3/16in. (24.8 × 15.7cm)
Sheet (height x width ): 9 3/4 × 6 3/16in. (24.8 × 15.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank W. Crocker
DescriptionHead and shoulders portrait of Rush Cheney. He is angled to the right and looking off camera. Rush is wearing what may be a tuxedo jacket and vest over a white dress shirt. He has white hair and a long, gray beard and moustache. The beard is formed into a point at the end. The photograph is printed in the shape of an oval onto a larger sheet that has a faint rectangular impression around the image area.
Object number1979.25.17
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on recto in bottom right corner of sheet: "Broderick / [line] / Copy"Handwritten in pencil near top of verso: "Rush Cheney"
Handwritten in pencil near bottom of verso: "R30"NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and approximate age of subject in photograph.
Rush Cheney was the seventh of nine children of George Cheney and Electa Woodbridge. He had seven brothers and one sister.
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Ward Cheney
