Dorey Family
SubjectPortrait of
Major General Halstead Dorey
American, 1874 - 1946
SubjectPortrait of
Theodora Cheney
American, 1874 - 1951
SubjectPortrait of
Ednah Cheney Dorey
American, 1908 - 1977
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1938
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 1/2 × 6 1/2in. (11.4 × 16.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 × 7 1/16in. (12.7 × 17.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 × 7 1/16in. (12.7 × 17.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Knapp Packard
DescriptionView of three people and a dog posed at the end of a stone path under a pergola. Halstead Dorey is seated on a rock wall. His wife, Theodora, stands to his right. Their younger daughter Ednah, or "Dodo," is sitting on a step in front of them. A small dog with dark, shaggy fur is sitting on the ground at her feet. The pergola is enclosed with trellises and is covered in greenery.
Object number2008.39.21
InscribedHandwritten in black ink on verso: "[Salsipuedes?] Boerne Texas. November 1938. / Wishing you all a Merry Christmas / and the Happiest of New Years. / in the [?] [Green?] House."Handwritten in blue ink on verso: "Gen. Halstead Dorey / Theodora Cheney Dorey / Ednah Cheney Dorey / 'Dodo'"NotesDate note: Inscription on verso gives date as November 1938.
Halstead and Theodora Cheney had two daughters. The eldest, Georgiana, is not pictured. She was married to Melville Fuller Grant in 1927.
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