John Cowles (1894 - 1972)
SubjectPortrait of
John Cheney Cowles
American, 1894 - 1972
Date1953
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 9 7/16 × 7 1/2in. (24 × 19.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 15/16 × 8in. (25.2 × 20.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 15/16 × 8in. (25.2 × 20.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Knapp Packard
DescriptionHead and shoulders length portrait of John Cheney Cowles (1894-1972) as a middle-aged man. He is looking off camera to the left. John is wearing a houndstouth patterned jacket over a white shirt with a black or dark colored bowtie. There is a light colored kerchief sticking out of his front pocket. John has a moustache but no beard. He has salt and pepper hair.
Object number2008.39.5
InscribedHandwritten in black ink on verso: "To Helen Knapp / From her beloving cousin / John Cowles / Meriden .N.H. / 1953"NotesDate note: Inscription on verso gives date as 1953. John Cowles was the son of Elizabeth Cheney and Alfred Cowles II. Helen Bayne Knapp was his first cousin, the daughter of Helen Cheney and Hugh A. Bayne.
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Turner & Cowles
W. Allderige & Son