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Image Not Available for Morgan G. Bulkeley at his desk, Aetna Life Insurance Company, 650 Main Street, Hartford
Morgan G. Bulkeley at his desk, Aetna Life Insurance Company, 650 Main Street, Hartford
Image Not Available for Morgan G. Bulkeley at his desk, Aetna Life Insurance Company, 650 Main Street, Hartford

Morgan G. Bulkeley at his desk, Aetna Life Insurance Company, 650 Main Street, Hartford

Dateabout 1895
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (Overall height x width): 7 7/8 x 9 13/16in. (20 x 25cm)
DescriptionMan with a mustache seated at open roll-top desk. He wears a suit and tie and has a handkerchief in his jacket pocket. A ring is on his finger. Books, a bell and a sponge are on the desk. A wicker wastebasket is beneath the desk. A lamp, probably a gaslight, protrudes from a room divider near a calendar. A fluted column is at the left.
Object number1969.20.1.199
InscribedOn verso: "President Morgan G. Bulkeley / Aetna Life Ins. Co."NotesSubject Note: Morgan G. Bulkeley was president of Aetna Life Insurance Company from 1879 until his death in 1922. He was mayor of Hartford from 1880-1888, governor of Connecticut from 1889-1893 and a member of the U.S. Senate from 1905-1911.
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