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Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1960.138.3  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Charles Edwin Bulkeley
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1960.138.3 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

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)
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.
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.

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Not on view
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1960.138.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Augustus Washington
about 1850
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1960.138.2  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Augustus Washington
about 1850
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2000.8.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Augustus Washington
about 1850
Gift of Elizabeth Yale Hall, 1969.14.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Augustus Washington
about 1850
Gift of Mrs. Robert S. Brown, 1964.118.7  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Augustus Washington
about 1850
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1995.202.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Augustus Washington
about 1850
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1995.203.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Augustus Washington
about 1850
Gift of Colonel Richard J. Goodman, 1952.75.3  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
1848-1849
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.93  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Samuel Root
after 1851
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.94  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Samuel Root
after 1851
Museum purchase, 1976.82.14  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
about 1850
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.79  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
before 1864