Mary Wilcox Russell Cheney as Empress Josephine
PhotographerPhotographed by
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Date1921
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 1/4 × 3 1/16in. (8.3 × 7.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/4 × 4 1/16in. (10.8 × 10.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/4 × 4 1/16in. (10.8 × 10.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Hannah C. Williams
DescriptionView of Mary Wilcox Russell Cheney standing on the brick porch of a large house. She is wearing a dress that has juliet sleeves, a ruffled colar, and a long train that flows over the edge of the porch onto the grass. She has thick feathers in her hair and is wearing a long necklace. There are two chairs on the porch behind her, one on either side of the front entrance, under a portico. The double doors to the house are closed. There is a lantern hanging from the roof of the portico.
Object number1992.115.13
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso, circled: "8"Handwritten in pencil on verso by accessioner: "MARY (RUSSELL) CHENEY, WIFE / OF JOHN DAVENPORT CHENEY"
Handwritten in pencil in a different hand on verso: "as Empress / Josephine / see 1991.28.10.406"NotesDate note: This image corresponds to a scene in the "Silk Pageant" home movie, dated April 4, 1921, in the Connecticut Museum collection (1985.113.2).
Context note: This photograph was probably taken in South Manchester, Connecticut.
A sign in film 1985.113.2 describes the costume as "EMPRESS / JOSEPHINE". It was made out of Cheney silk for an international silk show.
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