Seth Wells Cheney

Seth Wells Cheney (November 28, 1810 – September 10, 1856) American artist, was the son of George Cheney and Electa Woodbridge. In 1833 he went to Paris and studied under Jean-Baptiste Isabey and Paul Delaroche when he returned to he started drawing crayon portraits in Boston in 1841. His portraits are in black and white crayon. On May 10, 1848 he was made an associate of the National Academy of Design. He died in South Manchester, Connecticut.

Family

He was married twice first in September 1847 to Emily Woodbridge Pitkin, daughter of Horace Pitkin and Emily Woodbridge. His wife, Emily, died without issue in 1850. Three years later on 19 May, 1853 he married Ednah Dow Littlehale, daughter of Sargent Smith Littledale and Ednah Parker (Dow). This marriage produced one child: Margaret Swan Cheney (8 September, 1855 – 22 September, 1882) [His daughter, Margaret Swan Cheney died of tuberculosis while a student in the 1882 class at MIT and a reception room of the Women’s Chemistry Laboratory was named in her memory. [http://www.mit-amita.org/esr/womenslab.html AMITA.org] (Association of MIT Alumnae)] His memoirs were published by Ednah, his second wife, in 1881.

References

*Bolton, Theodore. "Early American Portrait Draughtsmen in Crayons." New York: Kennedy Graphics, 1970. [http://books.google.com/books?id=_-vM-4CLwwMC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=seth+wells+cheney&source=web&ots=a-jasgup94&sig=wlx_Btl3fm1DAbgE-niX8zItBm4#PPA9,M1 googlebooks] Retrieved May 10, 2008
*Littlehale, Frederick H. "A Complete History and Genealogy of the Littlehale Family in America from 1633 to 1889." Boston, Mass: A.W. & F.H. Littlehale, 1889. [http://books.google.com/books?id=2PQwAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA39&dq=%22margaret+swan+cheney%22&ei=2Xy_RurOEpuI7AKAm7mMAw#PPA40,M1 googlebooks] Retrieved May 10, 2008

External links

* [http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~dav4is/people/X-C.htm rootsweb]

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