Wells Wadsworth Cheney
SubjectPortrait of
Wells Wadsworth Cheney
American, 1857 - 1938
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1895
MediumPhotography; black and white photograph on paper and cardstock
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 1 1/4 × 1 3/8in. (3.2 × 3.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 1 3/4 × 1 3/8in. (4.4 × 3.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 1 3/4 × 1 3/8in. (4.4 × 3.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr.
DescriptionHead and shoulders length portrait of Wells Wadsworth Cheney. He is looking off camera to the left. Wells is wearing a suit jacket and vest over a white shirt with a checkered tie. There is a handkerchief in his front breast pocket and a watch chain hanging from a button hole. Wells has a thick moustach but no beard. His hair is parted sharply down the middle.
Object number1991.54.152
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso: "Wells / W. / Cheney"NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and approximate age of subject in photograph. Cataloging worksheet in object file gives date as circa 1890.Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
George Wells Cheney Sr.
1904 - 1910