Moses Butler Bull
SubjectPortrait of
Moses Butler Bull
1796 - 1872
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1865-1872
MediumTintype; collodion on iron in brass window mat in tooled leather-covered case; red velvet pad in left side of open case
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 3 × 2 3/4in. (7.6 × 7cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 1/2in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1.3cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 1/2in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Etta Corlies Chapman
DescriptionSixth plate tintype of Moses Butler Bull by an unknown photographer. He is wearing a dark vest with a shawl collar, a white shirt, dark bowtie, and a dark jacket. He is holding what appears to be a cane in his right hand. His hair is white and worn long at the front and standing up. He has thick, white sideburns and a beard worn in a chin curtain style.
There is the faint outline of an oval around the subject, which indicates that there was once (originally?) a window mat of a different shape covering the plate.
There is the faint outline of an oval around the subject, which indicates that there was once (originally?) a window mat of a different shape covering the plate.
Object number1956.47.12
InscribedHandwritten on slip of paper in case: "Moses Bull / Great grandfather"Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
