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John Cheney (1801-1885) was an engraver in
Boston
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,
, and
Philadelphia
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in the 19th century. He travelled in Europe in the 1830s. His brothers were
Ward Cheney
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Division or unit
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and
Seth Wells Cheney
Seth Wells Cheney (November 28, 1810 – September 10, 1856) was an American artist and a pioneer of crayon work in the United States.
Biography
He was the son of George Cheney and Electa Woodbridge. He received a public school education. In 18 ...
, who married the writer,
Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney
Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney (June 27, 1824 – November 19, 1904) was an American writer, reformer, and philanthropist.
She was born on Beacon Hill, Boston, Beacon Hill, Boston, June 27, 1824; and was educated in private schools in Boston. Cheney ...
. Examples of Cheney's work are in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]
Collections
Retrieved 2011-12-21 In 1833, he was elected into the
National Academy of Design
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as an Honorary Academician.
References
Further reading
* Sylvester Rosa Koehler. Catalogue of the engraved and lithographed work of John Cheney and Seth Wells Cheney. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1891
External links
* 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
* Smithsonia
Works by Cheney
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1801 births
1885 deaths
Artists from Connecticut
19th century in Boston
American engravers
19th-century American printmakers
19th-century American male artists