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| | Born in South Manchester, CT on Oct. 20, 1801. By 1829 Cheney had a studio in Boston and in 1833 went to Europe to study art. He traveled widely doing engravings for publishers and was in California during 1872-74. He died in his native city on Oct. 20, 1885. Exh: Artists Fund Society (Philadelphia), 1837; PPIE, 1915 (engravings). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America (Groce, George C. and David H. Wallace). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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John Cheney is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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