Group of Women in Matching Dresses and Flower Tiaras
SubjectPortrait of
Alice Barrett Cheney, 1858 - 1908
American, 1858 - 1908
Date1873 - 1883
MediumPhotography, black and white photograh on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 5/8 × 4 9/16in. (14.3 × 11.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank W. Crocker
DescriptionHalf-length studio portrait of four women, grouped together in a diamond shape. The woman on the right is Alice Barrett Cheney (1858-1908). All four of them wear matching dresses that have puffed sleeves and a vertically striped bodice, and all are wearing flower tiaras. It is possible that this is a family photo of the women in the Frank Cheney, Sr. (1817-1904) family. Alice's mother was Susan Jarvis Cushing and her sisters were Katharine Sedgwick Cheney Farley (1854-1933) and Mary "Polly" Cheney (1855-1934).
Object number1979.25.323
MarkingsEmbossed in bottom left corner of photograph, inside a rectangle: "BUNDY- / NEWELL / [line] / HARTFORD"InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso: "[four small circles in a diamond pattern] Rt. mid / Alice Cheney"NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and approximate age of subjects in photograph.On View
Not on view
