Charles Livingston Bull

Bull's first job at the age of 16 was preparing animals for mounting at the Ward's Museum in Rochester, New York. He later worked as a taxidermist in Washington, D.C., specializing in anatomy of birds and animals.

During World War I, he designed propaganda posters to support the American war effort. A notable example is a recruiting poster titled Join the Army Air Service. Be an American eagle! which featured an eagle fighting a black bird.{{cite book|last1=Aulich|first1=James|title=War Posters: Weapons of Mass Communication|url=https://archive.org/details/warpostersweapon0000auli|url-access=registration|date=2007|publisher=Thames & Hudson|location=New York|isbn=9780500251416|page=[https://archive.org/details/warpostersweapon0000auli/page/139 139]}} Another example is Keep Him Free, featuring a majestic Bald Eagle guarding a nest of World War I biplanes, which was designed to raise money via the War Savings Stamps program.{{Cite web |last=Ciotola |first=Nicholas |date=2017 |title=The World War I Posters of Charles Livingston Bull (1874-1932): A New Jersey Wildlife Illustrator |url=https://ww.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/nj-wwi-stories/2481-serviceflags-2.html |website=United States World War I Centennial Commission}}

Bull lived for many years near the Bronx Zoo in New York to allow close access to be able to sketch living animals. He made many trips to Central and South America studying wildlife in their natural surrounding. Stories and illustrations for this trip were published in his book, Under the Roof of the Jungle. He made many drawings to help garner public interest in eagles.{{cite book |last= Reed |first= Walt and Roger |title= The Illustrator in America |publisher= Madison Square Press Inc. |year= 1984 |page= 91 |isbn= -0-94260403-2}}

Bull was a resident of Oradell, New Jersey and donated several of his works to the Oradell Public Library.[http://beta.congress.gov/congressional-record/2013/04/26/extensions-of-remarks-section/article/E562-3 RECOGNIZING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORADELL PUBLIC LIBRARY], Congressional Record, April 26, 2013, 113th Congress, 1st Session - Issue: Vol. 159, No. 59 — Daily Edition. Accessed July 17, 2013. "World renowned painter Charles Livingston Bull, an Oradell resident and an original board member, donated multiple works of art which reside in the library to this day."

In 1920 he created seven illustrations for the book of William J. Long, Wood-Folk comedies, published by Harper & Brothers Publishers of New York and London.

File:Outing (1885) (14580010527).jpg|Outing illustration

File:Charles Livingston Bull - Sunday Magazine New York Tribune 1906-08-05.jpg|Sunday Mazazine of the New York Tribune Magazine Cover August 5, 1906

File:Charles Livingston Bull - Colliers 1918-07-27.jpg|Collier's Magazine Cover July 27, 1918

File:TheAmericanBoyNovember1921.jpg|The American Boy Magazine Cover November 1921

File:Charles Livingston Bull Country Gentleman cover 1922-08-22.jpg|The Country Gentleman Magazine Cover August 19, 1922

File:Join the army air service. Be an American eagle! (cropped).jpg|World War I recruiting poster. "Be an American eagle!"

• Animal Fairy Tales
• William J. Long
• Charles G.D. Roberts
• National Museum of American Illustration

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Category:1874 births

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Category:20th-century American illustrators

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