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Gift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank W. Crocker, 1979.25.327, Connecticut Museum of Culture an…
Harriet A. Bowen Cheney
Gift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank W. Crocker, 1979.25.327, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Undetermined

Harriet A. Bowen Cheney

SubjectPortrait of Harriet A. Bowen American, 1811 - 1870
Date1840 - 1850
MediumDrawing on paper and cardstock
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 13 7/8 × 10 7/8in. (35.2 × 27.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank W. Crocker
DescriptionHead and shoulders length portrait painting of Harriet A. Bowen Cheney (1811-1870). She is looking to the right. Harriet is wearing a black jacket over a shirt that has a white lace collar. There is a circular brooch pinned at her neck. Her hair is parted in the middle and looped over her ears.

The picture is painted on a piece of paper which is adhered to a piece of cardstock.
Object number1979.25.327
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso: "H. A. Bowen Cheney"NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and approximate age of subject in portrait.
On View
Not on view
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Harriet Bowen Cheney Cowles
about 1879
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Harriet Bowen Cheney Cowles
about 1884
Museum purchase, 1966.96.3.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Samuel Peck
1853-1860
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Ellen Waitstill Cheney
about 1884
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.361, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
probably about 1895
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.30 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Harriet Newell Darrow