John Cheney (engraver)

John Cheney (1801-1885) was an American engraver in Boston and Philadelphia in the 19th century.

[1][2][3] Considered by historian 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.

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.