The Kellogg firm underwent a major reorganization in 1871, when General William Henry Bulkeley (1840-1902) joined the partnership. Bulkeley was the son of Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley, founder of the Aetna Insurance Company. Unlike Comstock, W.H. Bulkeley appears have been an astute businessman, and the reorganized firm flourished under his direction, developing new lines of printing and absorbing other local printing companies. Characteristic of the firm’s output from this later period are colorful chromolithographs, many of them directly based on photographs. In these works, the artist’s hand is far less evident; some of them were even produced photomechanically. In 1947, Kellogg and Bulkeley merged with Case, Lockwood & Brainard to form Connecticut Printers.

Kellogg & Bulkeley. Many Kellogg prints present a sentimentalized vision of family life. This scene of angelic sleeping children may have had a companion piece showing the same children after daylight creating havoc with their new Christmas gifts.
Ref. # n581

Kellogg & Bulkeley. This large print celebrates the completion of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in 1886. The memorial and the State Capitol are probably based on a photograph; the lively figures would have been added by an artist.
Ref. # n87