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Creator:

Cheney, Ednah Dow Littlehale, 1824-1904  Search this

Names:

Cheney, John, 1801-1885  Search this

Cheney, Seth Wells, 1810-1856  Search this

Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918  Search this

Koehler, S. R. (Sylvester Rosa), 1837-1900  Search this

Lowell, Anna C. (Anna Cabot), 1811-1874  Search this

Extent:

125 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1848-1897

Scope and Contents:

Papers gathered by Ednah Cheney, wife of Seth Wells Cheney, for her memoirs of the two brothers, Seth and John Cheney, prominent 19th century engravers, composed of correspondence, clippings, notes, lists, a diary, and family photographs.

Included are 89 letters to Ednah Dow Cheney, 1873-1897, most from authorities on engraving, chiefly, Sylvester Rosa Koehler and Charles Henry Hart concerning the location and identification of engravings pursuant to compilation of a Cheney catalog; a letter describing an 1892 meeting of the National Suffrage Association; 2 lists of casts for a sculpture collection; a diary, August 1848, kept by Anna Cabot Lowell during Seth Cheney's stay while executing family portraits, describing his activities and character; a phrenological study of Cheney; 33 family photographs and daguerrotypes of John Cheney's drawings (not microfilmed); and miscellany.

Biographical / Historical:

Seth Wells Cheney was an engraver, as was his brother John Cheney, of Manchester, Connecticut. Ednah Cheney wrote Memoirs of Seth Wells Cheney, 1881, and Memoirs of John Cheney, 1889.

Provenance:

Donated 1960 by Alice Williams (married to Corcoran Gallery of Art director Hermann Warner Williams, Jr.), who inherited the Cheney's studio remains.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm.

Occupation:

Art historians  Search this

Biographers -- Connecticut  Search this

Engravers -- Connecticut  Search this

Authors -- Connnecticut  Search this

Topic:

Cataloging of engravings  Search this

Engraving -- 19th century -- Connecticut  Search this

Engraving -- American -- Connecticut  Search this

Phrenology -- Case studies -- Connecticut  Search this

Women authors  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.chenedna

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw930f2737b-c3be-4d20-8806-6ce7cbd6f52a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-chenedna

Creator:

Cheney, Ednah Dow Littlehale, 1824-1904  Search this

Cheney, John, 1801-1885  Search this

Subject:

Cheney, Seth Wells  Search this

Cheney, John  Search this

Hart, Charles Henry  Search this

Koehler, S. R. (Sylvester Rosa)  Search this

Lowell, Anna C. (Anna Cabot)  Search this

Citation:

Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney papers relating to Seth Wells Cheney and John Cheney, 1848-1897. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Cataloging of engravings  Search this

Engraving -- 19th century -- Connecticut  Search this

Engraving -- American -- Connecticut  Search this

Phrenology -- Case studies -- Connecticut  Search this

Women authors  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7403

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209560

AAA_collcode_chenedna

Theme:

Diaries

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209560

Author:

Loga, Valerian von 1861-1918  Search this

Physical description:

54 p. ; 21 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1910

Topic:

Cataloging of engravings  Search this

Classification--Engravings  Search this

Call number:

Z695.27 .L64 1910

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_734315

Author:

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division  Search this

Hubbard, Gardiner G (Gardiner Greene) 1822-1897  Search this

Parsons, Arthur Jeffrey 1856-1915  Search this

Physical description:

xxiii, 517 p. front. (port.) 11 pl. 30 cm

Type:

Catalogs

Date:

1905

Topic:

Engraving  Search this

Portraits  Search this

Call number:

NE53.W3 U554

NE53.W3U554

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_57293