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.
Summary:
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.