Lucy Compton Street
SubjectPortrait of
Lucy Compton Street
American, 1859 - 1942
PhotographerPhotographed by
William Miles
Dateabout 1868
MediumPhotography; black and white photograph on paper and CDV cardstock
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 1/2 × 2 1/16in. (8.9 × 5.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 × 2 7/16in. (10.2 × 6.2cm)
Mount (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 Lucy Compton Street at eight years old. She is looking slightly downwards and off camera, to the left. Lucy is wearing a dark dress or blouse that sits off the shoulders. Her hair is slicked or rolled back from the temples and pulled into an updo. She is wearing drop earings.
The carte-de-visite has two black lines running around the edge, forming a border around the image area.
The carte-de-visite has two black lines running around the edge, forming a border around the image area.
Object number1991.54.106
MarkingsPrinted in black ink on verso: "WM. MILES. / Photographer, / Oska o sa. Iowa. / Nega ives Preserved."InscribedHandwritten in pencil on recto, near bottom left corner of photograph: "A"Handwritten in pencil on recto below image area: "Aged [traced or corrected in light brown ink: "8"] yrs."
Handwritten in pencil on verso: "Lucy Street / (later / Mrs. W W. Cheney"NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and note on recto that says that the subject is 8 years old. Lucy was born in 1860, therefore the photograph was taken around 1868. Cataloging worksheet in object file gives date as circa 1870.
Cataloging worksheet in object file states: "Lucy Compton Street attended Vassar and married Wells Wadsworth Cheney in 1887."
Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
