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Gift of Etta Corlies Chapman, 1956.47.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known co…
Henry Symonds Bull
Gift of Etta Corlies Chapman, 1956.47.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Henry Symonds Bull

Date1860-1865
MediumAmbrotype; collodion on glass with dark backing in brass window mat package in tooled leather-covered wood case. Embossed red velvet pad in left side of open case.
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 2 1/2 × 2in. (6.4 × 5.1cm)
Other (height x width x depth): 2 7/8 × 2 1/2 × 1/2in. (7.3 × 6.4 × 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Etta Corlies Chapman
DescriptionNinth plate ambrotype portrait of Henry Symonds Bull by an unknown photographer. Bull is probably about 35 or 40 years of age. He is wearing a dark jacket, dark, shiny vest, white shirt, and a dark bowtie. His hair is thick and worn slightly long on top. He has a chin curtain beard and sideburns.
Object number1956.47.5
InscribedHandwritten on slip of paper in case: "Grandma Chapman's / brother Henry (?) Bull"
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
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    Unknown
    1860-1865
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    1865-1872
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    about 1865
    Bequest of Roderick Bissell Jones, 1974.56.488, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No k…
    Unknown
    1865-1866
    Gift of Etta Corlies Chapman, 1956.47.13, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
    Unknown
    1860-1870
    Museum purchase, 1975.87.13, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
    Unknown
    1853-1873
    Gift of William Lamson Warren, 1994.120.24, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
    Unknown
    about 1855
    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, 2025.1.16, Connecticut Museum of Culture …
    Unknown
    1867-1870
    Bequest of Roderick Bissell Jones, 1974.56.487, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No k…
    Unknown
    1863-1864
    Gift of William Lamson Warren, 1994.120.23, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
    Augusta Hyde Tomlinson
    about 1855