John Cheney
Illustration — Portrait of John Cheney John Cheney (1801-1885) was an American engraver in Boston and Philadelphia in the 19th century. Considered by bibliographer Frederick Winthrop Faxon to be the country's leading portrait engraver, Cheney was for a time employed exclusively by The Token annual gift book. His work was featured in the 1828 volume, as well as every volume from 1830 through 1838.
John Cheney
C. L. Elliott and J. Cheney (?) · Google Books · Public domain
- Born
- 1801 · Manchester.
- Died
- 1885 · Manchester.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker
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Illustration — Portrait of John Cheney John Cheney (1801-1885) was an American engraver in Boston and Philadelphia in the 19th century. Considered by bibliographer Frederick Winthrop Faxon to be the country's leading portrait engraver, Cheney was for a time employed exclusively by The Token annual gift book. His work was featured in the 1828 volume, as well as every volume from 1830 through 1838.
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Born at Manchester in 1801, died in Manchester in 1885.
Work by John Cheney is recorded in the collections of Smithsonian American Art Museum, Ackland Art Museum and Print Collection.
Engraving of American poet Frances Sargent Locke Osgood (aka "Fanny" Osgood), from her posthumous book Poems (1850), published by Carey Hart, Philadelphia.
"Engraved by J. Cheney from a portrait by S. S. Osgood" (Samuel Stillman Osgood, the subject's husband) · Google Books
Portrait of Joseph Story, engraved by J. Cheney after W.W. Story
J. Cheney · Charles C. Little James Brown, publishers, Boston / George S. Hillard. "Memoir of Joseph Story." Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. 10, April 1868
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- 1.Boston Directory. 1848, 1852
- 2.Sally Pierce. Early American Lithography. Boston Athenaeum. 1997. 0-934552-64-9.
- 3."John Cheney's Work." The New York Times, August 23, 1885
- 4.Faxon, Frederick Winthrop. Literary Annuals and Gift Books: A Bibliography with a Descriptive Introduction. The Boston Book Company. xxv. 1912. 1436167.
- 5.Cairns, William B. The Cambridge History Of English And American Literature. 16: Early National Literature, Part II; Later National Literature, Part I. 1918.
- 6.Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney. Memoir of Seth W. Cheney, artist. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1881
- 7.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Collections. Retrieved 2011-12-21
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- 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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