Colonel Benjamin S. Tappan (1799-1866), (painting).

Colonel Benjamin S. Tappan (1799-1866), (painting).

Unknown, painter.

Colonel Benjamin S. Tappan (1799-1866), (painting).

Portrait of Benjamin S. Tappan with his body facing forward and his gaze directed at the viewer. He wears a dark jacket, waistcoat, and tie with a white shirt, and he has a short beard and moustache.

Portrait male -- Tappan, Benjamin S. -- Bust

Occupation -- Military -- Colonel

Old Court House Museum, Vicksburg, Mississippi

Speakes, Vera Jacobs, "Mississippi Portraiture," Laurel, MS: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Mississippi and the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, 1987, pg. 258.

Speakes, Vera Jacobs, "Mississippi Portraiture," Laurel, MS: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Mississippi and the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, 1987, pg. 258.

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