Mary Pope Cheney and Sister-in-Law Margery Montgomery Pope
SubjectPortrait of
Mary Frances Pope
American, 1921 - 1996
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
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)
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
Albert A. Pope
Katherine Goodwin Parker
1944
Frances Donohue