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Image Not Available for Unidentified Man, Possibly a Cheney
Unidentified Man, Possibly a Cheney
Image Not Available for Unidentified Man, Possibly a Cheney

Unidentified Man, Possibly a Cheney

MediumPrint: ink on paper in brass mat under glass Case: paper or leather
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (case height x width, including ring): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4in. (10.8 × 8.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Knapp Packard
DescriptionCased print depicting a head and shoulders length portrait of an unidentified man, possibly a member of the Cheney family. He is wearing a jacket and large cravat. His hair is long and some of it may be pulled back in a ponytail. There are several long curls around his face. The image is housed in a brass mat with a gilt frame in a paper or leather case.
Object number2008.39.9
NotesThis cased photograph was donated along with several other photographs and objects related to the Cheney family of Manchester, Connecticut.
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Constance P. Brown, 1956.48.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copy…
    Jeremiah Brown
    1840-1851
    Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.45  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Collins Skylight Portraits
    1847-1851
    Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1995.202.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
    Augustus Washington
    about 1850
    Bequest of Frederick Jabez Huntington, 1925.1.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No …
    John Trumbull
    about 1790
    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, 2025.1.7, Connecticut Museum of Culture a…
    Charles Edwin Bulkeley
    About 1855
    Gift of C. Alfred Weatherby, 1929.2.1  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    James Bidwell Hosmer
    1795-1810