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Gift of William H. Guthman,1965.45.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
General Evelyn Lyman Bissell
Gift of William H. Guthman,1965.45.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright

General Evelyn Lyman Bissell

Date1886
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 25 × 20in. (63.5 × 50.8cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of William H. Guthman
DescriptionPortrait of General Evelyn Lyman Bissell painted by Walter H. Blakeslee. Bissell is wearing a heavily decorated military uniform and is pictured from the waist up. He has gray hair and a bushy mustache.
Object number1965.45.2
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Mrs. Courtney Brown, 1974.19.3, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    William Worcester Lyman
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1888
    Gift of Charles S. Bissell, 1964.117.0, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
    Charles S. Bissell
    1964
    Gift of Leila Dorothy Samson, 1981.57.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Henry Lyman Welch
    Unknown
    mid-19th century
    Gift of Charles G. Woodward, 1946.4.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Asa Fitch, Jr.
    Alexander Hamilton Emmons
    Gift of Leonard A. Morse and Martin Welles, 1928.5.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History…
    Lyman B. Jewell
    1902
    Gift of Mrs. Frederick K. Barbour, 1974.38.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undeter…
    Frederick Barbour, Esq.
    1954
    Gift of Elizabeth Yale Hall, 1950.1.3, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Molly Blakeslee Ives, Molly Ives, or Molly Blakeslee
    Dr. Samuel Broadbent
    about 1820
    Gift of Mrs. Edwin D. McCauley, 1975.2.0, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermine…
    Major General David Smith
    Unknown
    early 20th century
    Gift of Mrs. Courtney Brown, 1974.19.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Anna Hall Griswold
    Unknown
    probably 1846
    Gift of William P. Gwinn, 1971.50.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Henry Kellogg
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1874
    Bequest of Miss Louisa Taylor Hitchcock, 1962.74.3, Connecticut Historical Society, No known co…
    General Andrew Hull
    Richard Jennys
    about 1820
    Museum purchase, 1981.81.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Jacob Ogden
    Joseph Steward
    1794
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