Ralph Cheney
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
MakerMade by
Daniel J. Broderick
American, 1891 - 1962
Dateabout 1866
MediumPhotography; black and white photograph on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 × 3 5/16in. (12.7 × 8.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 3/4 × 6 1/8in. (24.8 × 15.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 3/4 × 6 1/8in. (24.8 × 15.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Charles Cheney Humpstone.
DescriptionBust length portrait of Ralph Cheney as an older man. He is angled to the right but looking towards the camera. Ralph is wearing a buttoned jacket over a white shirt. He has thinning hair and a long, wiry beard. Both hair and beard are salt-and-peppered.
Object number2002.14.2
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on recto beneath image: "Broderick / [horizontal line] / copy- 25-"Handwritten in pencil on verso: "Ralph Cheney / b. 1806"NotesEdward Hapgood Little delivered the photograph to the Connecticut Historical Society on behalf of Charles Cheney Humpstone.
This image is the same as the one in 1979.25.25.
Subject Terms
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Ward Cheney
