Charles Cheney (1803-1874)
SubjectPortrait of
Charles Cheney
American, 1803 - 1874
MakerDrawn by
Seth Wells Cheney
American, 1810 - 1856
Date1823 - 1843
MediumPhotomechanical print: ink on paper inside a wooden frame with a glass front and metal hanger
DimensionsFrame (height x width): 13 5/8 × 11 1/8in. (34.6 × 28.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Knapp Packard
DescriptionPrint copy of a bust length portrait drawing of Charles Cheney (1803-1874). The portrait was drawn by his brother, Seth Cheney (1810-1856). The copy was made by "Johnsta[?]y". It is in a mat and was framed by Croteau Frame Shop in Kittery, Maine.
Object number2008.39.6
MarkingsPrinted in black ink on verso: "CROTEAU FRAME SHOP / 64 Government Street / Kittery, Maine 03904 / Tel. 439-211"InscribedHandwritten in pencil on recto: "Johnsta[?]y / copy"Handwritten in black ink on white labels on verso: "Charles Cheney / One of original . eight Cheney / Brothers / who founded / silk manufacturing / in the early / eighteen hundreds. / He was father / of Knight Dexter / Cheney / + Col. Frank W. Cheney / Portrait by / Seth Cheney"NotesDate note: The drawing was probably done between 1823 and 1843 (estimate based on life dates and approximate age of subject in portrait) but the date of this copy is unknown.
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