John Cheney (engraver)
Portrait of John Cheney
John Cheney (1801-1885) was an engraver in Boston, Massachusetts, and Philadelphia in the 19th century.[1][2][3] He travelled in Europe in the 1830s. His brothers were Ward Cheney and Seth Wells Cheney, who married the writer, Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney.[4] Examples of Cheney's work are in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[5] In 1833, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary Academician.
References[]
- ^ Boston Directory. 1848, 1852
- ^ Sally Pierce (1997), Early American Lithography, Boston, Mass: Boston Athenaeum, ISBN 0-934552-64-9, OCLC 37048588, OL 708373M, 0934552649
- ^ "John Cheney's Work." New York Times, Aug. 23, 1885
- ^ Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney. Memoir of Seth W. Cheney, artist. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1881
- ^ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Collections. Retrieved 2011-12-21
Further reading[]
- Sylvester Rosa Koehler. Catalogue of the engraved and lithographed work of John Cheney and Seth Wells Cheney. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1891
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- WorldCat. Cheney, John 1801-1885
- Library of Congress. Everett cigarros puros superiores, 1856. Engraved by Cheney
- New York Public Library. Edward Everett. Engraved by Cheney after R.M Staigg
- New York Public Library. Fitz-Greene Halleck. Engraved by Cheney
- New York Public Library. W.E. Channing. Engraved by Cheney
- Smithsonian Works by Cheney
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