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Gift of George W. Cheney, III, Katherine C. Chappell and Mary C. Nelson, 1997.108.3, Connecticu…
Mary Pope Cheney and Sister-in-Law Margery Montgomery Pope
Gift of George W. Cheney, III, Katherine C. Chappell and Mary C. Nelson, 1997.108.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Undetermined

Mary Pope Cheney and Sister-in-Law Margery Montgomery Pope

SubjectPortrait of Mary Frances Pope American, 1921 - 1996
Date1944
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 3/16 × 2 3/8in. (10.6 × 6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 9/16 × 2 3/4in. (11.6 × 7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of George W. Cheney, III, Katherine C. Chappell and Mary C. Nelson
DescriptionView of two women wearing bathing suits and sitting on a wooden bench at the beach in Fenwick, Connecticut. The woman on the left is Mary Frances Pope Cheney (1921-1996). The woman on the right is her sister-in-law, Margery "Mardie" Montgomery Pope (1917-1993).
Object number1997.108.3
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso: "53"

Handwritten in pencil on verso: "MPC / MMP / Fenwick / 1944"

Handwritten in pencil on verso by project cataloger: "[arrow connecting the two sets of initials] [crossed out "sisters"] / [with arrow pointing to "MMP"] [crossed out "Margaret"] / Pope"

Handwritten in pencil on verso by a different cataloger, above the crossed out "Margaret": "Margery / Montgomery"

Handwritten in pencil on verso by project cataloger: "letter written by MMP / to Katherine Cheney is in / lib."
NotesDate note: Inscription on verso says 1944.

Mary married George Wells Cheney, Jr. in 1943.

Margery Montgomery was married to Mary's older brother, Wilmot Thompson Pope.

On View
Not on view
Slip
Mary Frances Pope
about 1920-1935
Mary Frances Pope
about 1968
Museum purchase, 1986.80.4, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
Albert A. Pope
Trunk
Frances Mary Dana
about 1815
Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.46, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, C…
Frances Virginia Cheney
1929
Sampler
Eveline Frances Nichols
4 August 1840
Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.41, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, C…
Emily Frances Cheney
about 1861