Description:Oval miniature nearly frontal of a young woman in a white dress with a thin overlayer up to the neck. Her black straight hair is parted in the middle and pulled up and back. She is wearing a pair of earrings that are small hoops of silver. The background is a warm brown.
History:Painted posthumously from a carte-de-visite photograph.
Notes:Subject was born 11/1821 and died 9/15/1850. She married Charles John Cheney in Nashville, Tennessee 12/12/1839 and moved to Cheneyville, Louisiana. She died after the birth of their fifth daughter, Lizzie Cheney. More documentation in the file.
