Group Photograph Including Louis Richmond Cheney and Frank Cheney, Jr.
SubjectPortrait of
Colonel Louis Richmond Cheney
American, 1859 - 1944
SubjectPortrait of
Mary Alice Robinson
American, 1856 - 1926
SubjectPortrait of
Frank Cheney, Jr.
American, 1860 - 1957
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
MediumPhotography; black and white photograph on paper and cardstock
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 3/16 × 7 7/16in. (13.2 × 18.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 3/4 × 9 5/8in. (19.7 × 24.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 3/4 × 9 5/8in. (19.7 × 24.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr.
DescriptionView of three men and two women sitting in two rows outdoors in a patch of grass. Louis Richmond Cheney (1859-1944) is sitting in the back row, next to an unidentified woman that could be his wife, Mary Alice Robinson (1856-1926). In the front row there is an unidentified man wearing a pair of pince-nez glasses. There is a hat sitting upside down on the ground by his feet. To his right is an unidentified woman and to the right of her is Frank Cheney, Jr., who is petting a dog. There are tall weeds and grasses in the background.
The photograph is mounted on a thick piece of cardstock that is cream colored on the front and brown on the back.
The photograph is mounted on a thick piece of cardstock that is cream colored on the front and brown on the back.
Object number1991.54.163
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso: "Frank Cheney / jr" Handwritten in pencil on verso: "L. R. C."
The cataloger has written, in pencil, the full name underneath the previous inscription: "[L]OUIS / [R]ICHMOND"NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and approximate age of subjects in photograph. Cataloging worksheet in object file gives date as circa 1890's.
Louis Richmond Cheney and Mary Alice Robinson were married in 1890.
Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
George Wells Cheney Sr.
1904 - 1910
