Theodora Cheney and Patsy
SubjectPortrait of
Theodora Cheney
American, 1874 - 1951
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1900
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 2 1/4 × 2 3/16in. (5.7 × 5.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Knapp Packard
DescriptionView of Theodora Cheney and a dog, Patsy, leaning out of an open window. The dog is on the left and has its paws hooked over the windowsill. Theodora is standing to the right of it, separated by a bar of wood. She is leaning on the windowsill with her left arm and is looking down at the dog, wrapping her other arm around it. The house is the Knight Dexter Cheney house in South Manchester, Connecticut.
Object number2008.39.15
InscribedHandwritten in blue ink on verso: "Aunt / Theodora / Cheney / + Patsy"NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and approximate age of subject in photograph. A similar scene is depicted in 2008.38.55.
Theodora Cheney was the daughter of Knight Dexter Cheney and Ednah Dow Smith.
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