John Cheney (engraver)

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John Cheney (1801-1885) was an American engraver in Boston and Philadelphia in the 19th century. [1] [2] [3] Considered by bibliographer Frederick Winthrop Faxon to be the country's leading portrait engraver, [4] Cheney was for a time employed exclusively by The Token annual gift book. [5] His work was featured in the 1828 volume, as well as every volume from 1830 through 1838. [4] He also travelled in Europe in the 1830s. His brothers were Ward Cheney and Seth Wells Cheney, who married the writer, Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney. [6] Examples of Cheney's work are in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. [7] In 1833, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary Academician.

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  1. ↑ Boston Directory. 1848, 1852
  2. ↑ Sally Pierce (1997), Early American Lithography, Boston, Mass: Boston Athenaeum, ISBN   0-934552-64-9, OCLC   37048588, OL   708373M, 0934552649
  3. ↑ "John Cheney's Work." The New York Times, August 23, 1885
  4. 1 2 Faxon, Frederick Winthrop (1912). Literary Annuals and Gift Books: A Bibliography with a Descriptive Introduction. Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Book Company. p. xxv. OCLC   1436167.
  5. ↑ Cairns, William B. (1918). "Magazines, Annuals, and Gift-books, 1783–1850 § 18. The Token". In Trent, W. P.; Erskine, J.; Sherman, S. P.; Van Doren, C. (eds.). The Cambridge History Of English And American Literature. Vol. 16: Early National Literature, Part II, Later National Literature, Part I. Archived from the original on June 15, 2024. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  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

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