John Cheney (engraver)

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.

Portrait of John Cheney