Louise Cheney
SubjectPortrait of
Louise Cheney
American, 1856 - 1939
PhotographerPhotographed by
Prescott & Gage
American, 1861 - 1865
Date1865
MediumPhotography: black and white photography on paper and CDV cardstock
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 7/16 × 2 3/16in. (8.7 × 5.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2in. (10.6 × 6.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2in. (10.6 × 6.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Anne Cheney Zinsser
DescriptionFull length studio portrait of Louise Cheney at nine years old. She is standing facing towards the camera and is resting her left hand on the back of a chair that is to her right. The chair appears to be made of sticks. Louise is wearing a light colored dress that has short sleeves along with white stockings and black boots. Her hair is parted down the middle and is styled in long ringlets that reach past her shoulders.
There is an orange two-cent Washington internal revenue stamp adhered to the back of the carte-de-visite.
There is an orange two-cent Washington internal revenue stamp adhered to the back of the carte-de-visite.
Object number2008.37.84
MarkingsPrinted in black ink on recto below image: "Prescott & Gage, / Hartford, Conn."Printed in orange ink within banners on stamp on verso, starting on the left and moving clockwise: "TWO / U.S.INTER.REV. / CENTS / BANKCHECK". Each corner of the stamp has the number "2" in white on an orange background.InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso: "Miss Louise Cheney / 1865"NotesDate note: Inscription on verso gives year as 1865.
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