Photograph Album of Mrs. Lydia Smith Bulkeley
PhotographerPhotographed by
Kellogg Brothers
(1860 - 1865)
PhotographerPhotographed by
Richard S. DeLamater
(American, 1833 - 1915)
PhotographerPhotographed by
N.A. & R.A. Moore
Date1860s
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard carte-de-visite mounts, tintypes on lacquered iron plate, some hand-colored with watercolor, in photograph album
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 3/4 x 2in. (9.5 x 5.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 3/4 x 8 1/4in. (27.3 x 21cm)
Other (album height x width x depth): 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 2 1/2in. (28.6 x 21.6 x 6.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Newton C. Brainard
Object number1964.18.1.1-.139
DescriptionFormal studio portraits of members of the Bulkeley family, including Charles E. Bulkeley and Henry C. Morgan in their Civil War uniforms. Also a photograph of Dr. Bulkeley in uniform. Other surnames include Alexander, Brainard, Denison, Greene, Van Zele, Hyde, Buffington, McCooke, Waterman, Sterling, Tyler, Fisher, Davidson, Williams, and Norton. Some subjects are children and infants of the Bulkeley family
NotesSubject Notes: 1964.18.1.7 is a formal portrait of Charles E. Bulkeley in his Civil War uniform. Charles E. Bulkeley enlisted in the United State States Army as a Private on April 4, 186i. He was mustered into Company A, First Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Infantry on April 22, 1861. On July 31, 1861, Charles mustered out of Company A and was promoted to 1st Lieutenant of Company L, First Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Heavy Artillery. He was transferred to Company E, First Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Heavy Artillery on December 19, 1863 and promoted to Captain on January 26, 1864. Captain Bulkeley served in Company E until his death on February 13, 1864. (Service of Connecticut Men in the Army & Navy of the United States During the War of Rebellion. Hartford: Case, Lockwood, & Brainard Company, 1889; 339.)
1964.18.1.31 is a portrait of Henry C. Morgan in his Civil War uniform.
1964.18.1.37 is a portrait of Simon Hyde in his Civil War uniform.
1964.18.1.111 is a portrait of Dr. Bulkeley in his Civil War iniform.
Status
Not on view
