John
CHENEY
(b.
20 October 1801
,
East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
d.
20 August 1885
,
Manchester, Connecticut, USA
)
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John CHENEY was born 20 October 1801 in East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
John CHENEY was the child of George Wells CHENEY and Electa WOODBRIDGEJohn CHENEY died 20 August 1885 in Manchester, Connecticut, USA .
Born in South Manchester, Connecticut, from 1829 Cheney worked as an engraver of small portrait heads and book illustrations in Boston. In 1833 he travelled to Europe to study art and continued engraving for American publishers. However, facing a lack of interest in art in America at the time, he abandoned printmaking whilst still young.
britishmuseum.org
Catalogue of the Engraved and Lithographed Work of John Cheney and Seth Wells Cheney by Sylvester Rosa Koehler, 1891.
photo/ portrait (above) from ancestry.com
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John CHENEY was a portrait artist.
John CHENEY was a portrait artist.
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