Louise Cheney
SubjectPortrait of
Louise Cheney
American, 1856 - 1939
PhotographerPhotographed by
Louis Alman
Italian American, 1835 - 1903
Date1886 - 1888
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper and CDV cardstock
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 13/16 × 2 3/8in. (9.7 × 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
DescriptionBust length portrait of Louise Cheney as an adult. She is facing towards the camera. Louise is wearing a light colored dress or blouse with a multi-strand pearl choker necklace. Her hair is styled in an updo with tight curls over her forehead.
Object number2008.37.86
MarkingsPrinted in black ink on recto below image: "L. ALMAN, / 172 5TH AVE., N. Y."Printed in black ink on verso, with decorative banners and accents: "L. ALMAN / [interlocking "L" and "A" in a frame, flanked by a sketch of a camera on the left and an artist's palette on the right] / 172 / Fifth Avenue COR. Twenty Second St. / New York."InscribedHandwritten in black ink on verso: "Louise Cheney / May 1888"NotesDate note: Inscription on verso gives date as May of either 1886 or 1888. Final digit has been written over and is somewhat illegible.
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