Sarah Symonds Bull
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1865
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate in brass window mat package in tooled leather-covered wooden 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): 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 LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionNinth plate daguerreotype of Sarah Symonds Bull by an unknown photographer. Bull is pictured in old age. She is wearing a dress with soft vertical pleats in the bodice that are gathered at her waist. Her collar is white. She is wearing a shawl over her dress, lace gloves, and a daycap that sits back on her head, exposing the two fat curls that frame her face.
Object number2025.1.5
InscribedHandwritten on slip of paper in case, recto: "Sarah Symonds Bull, / Wife of Moses Butler Bull, / Daughter of Ashna Symonds 1757 / Ancestor William Spencer 1615, +"Verso: "Joseph Symonds + / Abigail Spencer 1708."
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