Benjamin Pierce Cheney (1815-1895), Class of 1880
Hubert von Herkomer, English, 1849 - 1914
1883
Oil on canvas
Overall: 47 5/8 × 37 in. (121 × 94 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Alice Cheney Baltzell
P.939.17
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, lower right: H. H. 83; label, on reverse: Portrait of B[--] P Cheney / Painted by Herbert / Herkomer 1883 [--] by Lawrence C. / American Express 1898.
Provenance
Given by Mrs. Alice Cheney Baltzell, 1939.
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