Ednah Cheney and One of Her Infant Children
SubjectPortrait of
Ednah Dow Smith
1841 - 1915
PhotographerPhotographed by
Charles T. Stuart
American, 1856 - 1902
Date1862 - 1881
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on cardstock
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 11/16 × 4in. (14.4 × 10.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 1/2 × 4 1/4in. (16.5 × 10.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 1/2 × 4 1/4in. (16.5 × 10.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr.
DescriptionThree-quarter length studio portrait of Endah Dow Smith Cheney (1841-1915) and one of her infant children. Ednah is sitting in a chair on the right. She is wearing a long skirt with a striped blouse that has leg o' mutton sleeves. She is propping up the baby on a cloth-covered table to her left. The baby is wearing a white dress.
The photograph is mounted on a piece of tan cardstock. There is a sketch of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Hartford, Connecticut printed in green-blue ink on the verso.
The photograph is mounted on a piece of tan cardstock. There is a sketch of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Hartford, Connecticut printed in green-blue ink on the verso.
Object number1991.54.24
MarkingsEngraved on recto, below the image: "'Stuart'"Engraved on recto, below the image, within a logo of an artist's palette and brushes: "STUART'S / EXTRA FINISH"
Engraved on recto, below the image: "HARTFORD, / CONN."
Printed in green-blue ink on verso: "C. T. Stuart, / Photographist, / No. 271 Main Street, / Hartford, Conn."InscribedHandwritten in black ink on verso: "Mrs K D Cheney Sr."NotesDate note: Estimate based on range of years of birth of Ednah Dow Smith Cheney's children. Cataloging worksheet in object file gives date as circa 1869. Charles T. Stuart began his photography business in Hartford around 1880, so it seems likely that the photograph was taken around 1880 and that the infant is Thomas Langdon Cheney (born 1879) or Russell Cheney (born 1881).
Ednah Dow Smith and Knight Dexter Cheney had eleven children.
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