Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Haus, L.
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
[Lucy Howe Bancroft]
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 19xx.500:041--FR
Extent:
1 painting : oil ; visible oval image 74 x 61.2 cm.
Scope:
Half length portrait of an elderly woman wearing a white lace bonnet and a black lace shawl and collar, seated in a decorative chair. A brooch at her neck bears the years 1822-1872. Lucy Damaris (Howe) Bancroft (1799-1882) was the mother of Hubert Howe Bancroft and wife of Azariah Ashley Bancroft, whose portrait is the companion piece to this one. The portraits were possibly made in commemoration of the celebration of their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1872 (see xCS71.B2).
Heading:
Marks/Inscriptions
Notes:
Painted signature (LL): L. Haus. Title (plaque on frame, LC): Lucy Howe Bancroft. Inventory stamp (verso): Oct. 1951 (#794).
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/kt3p30031 9

[Lucy Howe Bancroft]