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Gift of Edith Cowles Poor, 2008.38.52  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Cheney Family on Horseback in the West
Gift of Edith Cowles Poor, 2008.38.52 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Cheney Family on Horseback in the West

Dateearly 20th century
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 1/4 x 8 3/8in. (15.9 x 21.3cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 6 1/4 x 8 3/8in. (15.9 x 21.3cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Edith Cowles Poor
DescriptionMen and women pose on horseback. In one photograph, a snow covered mountain slope is visible beyond a low stone wall. In the other, a desert landscape includes scattered rock formations.
Object number2008.38.52-.53
InscribedOn verso, lower right, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Riders presumably include members of the Cheney family of Manchester, Connecticut. (Finlay 3/1/2014)
On View
Not on view
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2001.22.44, the Connecticut Historical Society.
Fredi Washington
1930-1950
Gift of Edith Cowles Poor, 2008.38.52, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Und…
Unknown
1910 - 1935
2004.52.334
Nelson Augustus Moore
probably 1853
2003.4.22
J. C. Burge
1883-1918
Plaque
The Hartford Faience Co.
about 1910
2005.160.9
Unknown
early 20th-late 20th century
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund,  2012.536.765  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard S. DeLamater
Sampler
Mariett Norton
1836
Gift of Robin Harding and Karen Warfield, 2022.32.180, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known…
Edward J. Rogalski
1952-1953