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Such as did he see the Sistine chapel himself or was that just from the new books and did he go to Africa and where else ? Can many if any similaritys be seem in his work and the art of the places ships whent? I found that he is likly to have traveled beteewn the years of 1753 and 1764some of the destinations for ships from newport during these times were Spain, Russia, Ireland,Dominica,Portugal,Soulth America and all of the west cost of Africa.(1) Hardly a short list however intestingly no ships whent to the Orient at that time. John Bull is remembered by his son Henry Bull the 4th “ As about 5ft 9 in or 5ft 10 in , light complexion. and light blue eyes, of a hardy and robust constution , and, though good looking was not so handsome as his father in his temper he was quick but not vengeful, his judgment of men and things was sound and comprehensive. His natural talents were of the frist drder, though not much refinded by education; he retained much of the sailor manners which he had acquired in nautical life, but was always repsected and ofton courted by those of the first cicles of socity.” ( 2). Jonh Bull was the son of Henry and Phoebe Bull he resived a common school education, by the time he was old eough to work his father was too advanced in age and redused. in circumstance to continue supporting them. So john was sent to work as an aprentence to Willam Stephens who had married John’s sister Ann. he was train as a stone carver by Willam as well as working part time in an grocery store also kept by the Stephens. He was there only a short time being dissatisfied with work he ran away and was secrety shipped on board a vessel bound on a forein voyage He continued sailing until he was ether 28 or 30, all that is really known from this time is that he was a privateer in the French war and became a prizmaster and brought in a valuable prize taken from the Fench. he later settled in Newport where he worked as a craver a suport his parents who had become very stressed in curcumestane there ofre needing to live with him. He married Ruth Cornell, daughter of George Cornell a reputable farmer of Middletown they were wed August 18th 1769. They had four children the last of wich was Henry Bull the 4th. John’s father died on December 24th 1774 but before he passed on he was convinsed by his daughter Phoebe to change the will making her the executor. Jonh constiered himself griefisly insulted by this, thus causing a rift between him and his sister that was never resolved. One of the main pionts of the wiil being the Phoebe gained control of there father’s estate. He was a Whig During the revolution, for wich he was imprisoned with many others on board the Lord Sandwich prison ship for about six weeks. this was due to his out spoken patriotism in favor of Britian One instance of this is when he helped the armorer of the king to hide the kings tools in his possesion in a hole dug in bull’s fathers basement, the day befor the armoer defected to the American army. A british general seached for the tools in most of the houses in Newport but luckly they were not found. After the evacuation of the town by the british army the tolls were returned to armoer and used for the american cause. when the town was occupied by the British army the Bull estate was used to quarter soilders forcing bull’s sister out. But when sprting came the soilders moved to camp and Bull moved in. Given that he was in posesion of the land and the only way to remove him was a judgement of the court. With the town in such a state it was in and his sister unable to gather the money needed for a lawsuit as well as property haveing lost almost all value. Bull continued living there for sevreal years till a friend loaned his sister enough money to bring suit against him. However dur to a great address on the matter and a general feeling of friendlyness for the neinboors and their subsucuint agreement that he had right full claim alwed him to win the suit. His sister contested and legal actions continued for seveal years during wich time bull brought out some of the spirt and talent of his father in managing it all ultimaly wining overall. he remained for the remainder of his life, he sold half the medow lands to doctor Easton and used that to pay off the morgage. His estate consisted of the house, with a stone cutting shop to the south of it , the yard and garden with th land eastward and adjoining the garden containing aboout 3 and 3/4 acres. He remained working till ten years before his death when he whent blind, He died in newport at the house of captan John B. Atkinson, where he borded, the cuse was sudden apoplexy it was November 8, 1808 he was 74 years old. 3. all biografical information found in Bulliton To begin the art examination I would first like to look at what I have dubbed stone 1 and examples A and B. An important aside is that I will not be examining side panel or lettering the focus of this examination is the crarving the timpenum. Stone 1 is very uniqe in Bull’s body of work because it is the only stone that is clearly a copy of a great master of art unlike his other works which are clearly unique though I hope to prove some small conection to other works . Stone 1 is a recreation of Michelangelo’s creation senes of the Sistine Chapel at first glance it most closly resembles the creation of the fish or waters example A . With the toga flowing in an ardh over his head and shoulders with his head bent down in consentration on whats below him. With a closer look thoughwe see the positioning of his arms is more similar to the creation of the sun and planets example B. In examle A his right hand is in front of his face out strched twored the veiwer and his left hand is extened out plam facing viewer . On stone 1 his right hand is more to the sideplam twords the veiwer much like example B ans the left arm is also foward but is extened forming a line like in example B. Also in example A God is flouting above the waters as in example B he is in the air with the sugestion of clouds around him in stone 1 clouds have been clearly defined underneth him. While in this paper I am trying to uncover what art and culture might have influenced him during his years at sea, it is unlikly that he saw this during that time. Not only did I not find any records of ships going to Italy but the Sistine Chapel is one of the most sacred places in the vaticangiven that it is where the summet to elect a new pope is held. It is unlikly that the common people were alowed in espesially since the vatican had yet to discover the wonder of touristism. So it is likly that Bull saw the Chapel ceiling in a book later in life possibly in the Redwood library. Now in to the works of bulls markers i will be useing all have somewhat common threads running though them. In the middle a soul image cut off from the veiwer by the traditional puritan sythe, symble of death with an emety hour glass to the right Bibliography: Biblography Coughtrg, Jay. The Notorious Triangle, Rhode Island and The African slave Trade 1700- 1807. 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