Elizabeth Bull Chapman
SubjectPortrait of
Elizabeth Bull Chapman
American, 1824 - 1888
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1865
MediumTintype; collodion on lacquered iron in brass window mat package in tooled leather-covered wooden case. Purple velvet pad in left side of open case
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 1 5/8 × 1 3/8in. (4.1 × 3.5cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 2 1/4 × 2 × 1/2in. (5.7 × 5.1 × 1.3cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 2 1/4 × 2 × 1/2in. (5.7 × 5.1 × 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Etta Corlies Chapman
DescriptionSixteenth-plate tintype of Elizabeth Bull Chapman by an unknown photographer. Chapman is probably at least 40 years of age in the photo. She is wearing a dark dress with a large brooch at the throat. Her hair is parted in the middle and pulled back into low wings over her ears.
Object number1956.47.9
InscribedHandwritten in black ink on slip of paper in case: Elizabeth Bull Chapman / (Grandma Chapman)Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
