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 Seth Wells Cheney and Ward 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

  1. Boston Directory. 1848, 1852
  2. Sally Pierce (1997), Early American Lithography, Boston, Mass: Boston Athenaeum, ISBN 0-934552-64-9, OCLC 37048588, 0934552649
  3. "John Cheney's Work." New York Times, Aug. 23, 1885
  4. Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney. Memoir of Seth W. Cheney, artist. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1881
  5. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Collections. Retrieved 2011-12-21

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Cheney.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/9/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.