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Gift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank W. Crocker, 1979.25.30, Connecticut Museum of Culture and…
Julia Goodwin Cheney
Gift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank W. Crocker, 1979.25.30, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Undetermined

Julia Goodwin Cheney

SubjectPortrait of Julia Goodwin American, 1824 - 1867
Date1850 - 1867
MediumPhotography; black and white photograph on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 6 5/8 × 4 1/2in. (16.8 × 11.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank W. Crocker
DescriptionBust length portrait of Julia Goodwin Cheney as an adult. She is pictured in profile, facing to the left. Julia is wearing a dark dress or blouse with a white collar. Her hair is pulled back into a large, braided coil.
Object number1979.25.30
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso: "Julia Goodwin Cheney / Rush's wife"NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and approximate age of subject in photograph.

Julia Goodwin married Rush Cheney, one of the founders of the Cheney Brothers silk business.
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Mrs. Thomas L. Archibald, 1980.36.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Julia Ann Hills Forbes
    before 1858
    Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.297, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, …
    Katherine Goodwin Parker
    about 1916
    Gift of Roger and Maria C. Rogers, 2013.221.9, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain.
    Julia Wightman Starr
    before 1860
    Gift of Roger and Maria C. Rogers, 2013.221.10, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain.
    Julia Wightman Starr
    about 1869
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.85.114, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright …
    Ruth Cheney Goodwin
    1902
    Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.58 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Julia Wightman Starr
    Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren, 1985.51.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Unknown
    about 1820
    Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.100, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, …
    Richard S. DeLamater
    1863 - 1873
    Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.57 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Julia Wightman Starr
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.85.113, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright …
    Ruth Cheney Goodwin
    1896 - 1902
    Gift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank W. Crocker, 1979.25.395, Connecticut Museum of Culture an…
    Mary Cheney
    1875 - 1885