Henry Symonds Bull
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1860-1865
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-plated copper plate in brass window mat package in tooled leather-covered case. Embossed red velvet pad in the left side of the open case.
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 2 1/2 × 2in. (6.4 × 5.1cm)
Other (height x width x depth): 3 × 2 1/2 × 1/2in. (7.6 × 6.4 × 1.3cm)
Other (height x width x depth): 3 × 2 1/2 × 1/2in. (7.6 × 6.4 × 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Etta Corlies Chapman
DescriptionNinth plate daguerreotype 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 number1956.47.6
InscribedHandwritten on torn slip of paper in case: "Grandma Chapman's / brother Henry (?) Bull"Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
