Charles Edwin Bulkeley
PhotographerPhotographed by
Augustus Washington
American, 1820 - 1875
SubjectPortrait of
Charles Edwin Bulkeley
American, 1835 - 1864
Dateabout 1850
MediumPhotography; daguerreotype on silvered copper plate in leather case with gilt mat and embossed red velvet pad
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 5/8 × 2 1/8in. (6.7 × 5.4cm)
Plate (height x width): 3 1/8 × 2 1/2in. (7.9 × 6.4cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 11/16 × 6 3/8 × 1/2in. (9.4 × 16.2 × 1.3cm)
Plate (height x width): 3 1/8 × 2 1/2in. (7.9 × 6.4cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 11/16 × 6 3/8 × 1/2in. (9.4 × 16.2 × 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a boy wearing a shirt, necktie, and coat.
Velvet pad has a scrollwork design.
Leather sides of case blind-stamped with a vase of flowers within a cartouche surrounded by strapwork.
Velvet pad has a scrollwork design.
Leather sides of case blind-stamped with a vase of flowers within a cartouche surrounded by strapwork.
Object number1960.138.3
NotesSubject Note: Charles Edwin Bulkeley (1835-1864) was the son of Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley and his wife Lydia Smith Morgan Bulkeley. He was born on 16 December 1835. A lawyer by trade, he enlisted in the United States Army on 18 December 1861. On 16 January 1864, he was promoted to the rank of Captain. He died, apparently of illness, in February 1864 and is buried at Cedar Hill.On View
Not on view
