Bramble - Stull, Henry - Belle Meade Plantation

National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee

Belle Meade Plantation
Portrait #1158

Subject/Title:	Bramble
Artist:	Stull, Henry
Date Created:	1878
Owner/Location:	Belle Meade Plantation 5025 Harding Road Nashville, TN 37205 website
Frame Dimensions:	24” x 28”
Image Dimensions:	16” x 20”
Date Documented:	24 September 2007
Materials/Media:	Oil on Canvas
Condition:	Good

Description:	Painting depicts the bay stallion Bramble full length dark brown horse facing right in a stall. The horse’s tail is shortened and horse has a white spot above right eye.
History of Work:	The frame is a beaded giltwood and gesso molding with brass plaque inscribed, "Bramble/1875/by Imp. Australian/Bonnie Scotland dam Ivy Leaf." Portrait is from the W. H. Jackson estate. The artist Henry Stull was a Canadian artist from Ontario who studied anatomy at a local veterinary clinic, early in his artistry career to aid in painting various animals. Generally, Stulls would initially sketch the image and then go back to paint at his New York City apartment.
Notes:	Bramble was foaled in the spring of 1875 at Belle Meade. He was a bay stallion with a star. By Bonnie Scotland out of Ivy Leaf by Australian. Location: West Side Hall