Girls in a Horace Bushnell School Play
SubjectPortrait of
Anne Breckenridge
American
SubjectPortrait of
Alice Gay Cheney
American, 1908 - 1969
PhotographerPhotographed by
Edmund Martin Ogden
American, 1869 - 1945
Dateabout 1918
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 7 7/16 × 9 1/4in. (18.9 × 23.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionView of four girls in costumes sitting or standing outside on a grassy lawn. They are grouped around a towel that has a bowl holding a fire made of tissue paper. The girl on the far left might be Anne Breckenridge. She is wearing a light colored dress and a flower crown. The girl to her right is also wearing a light colored dress, as well as a hat. Cynthia Russell Cheney (1908-1977) is standing to the right. She is wearing a flowing dress with a silk waist band and a saw tooth hem. There is a thin band around her head. Alice Gay Cheney (1869-1945) is kneeling next to Cynthia, wearing a clown costume that is decorated with florets and a matching cone shaped hat. There are flowering bushes in the background.
Object number1988.85.126
MarkingsStamped in purple ink on verso: "OGDEN'S STUDIO, / SO. MANCHESTER, CT."InscribedHandwritten with crayon on recto: "Ogden. / [line]"Handwritten in black ink on verso: "HB School Play / Anne Breckenridge? / ? / Cynthia Cheney / Alice '"NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and approximate age of subjects in photograph. Cataloging worksheet in object file gives date as circa 1918.
Cynthia was the daughter of John Davenport Cheney and Mary Wilcox Russell, and the granddaughter of Frank W. Cheney and Mary Bushnell. Alice Gay Cheney was the daughter of John Platt Chneey and Alice Gay, and the granddaughter of James Woodbridge Cheney and Harriet Elizabeth Cheney.
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