Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: [Azariah Ashley Bancroft]
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creator Name:
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Haus, L.
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Title:
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[Azariah Ashley Bancroft]
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Current Location:
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Bancroft Library.
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Address:
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Berkeley, California 94720-6000
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Object ID:
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BANC PIC 19xx.500:042--FR
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Extent:
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1 painting : oil ; visible oval image 73.3 x 61 cm.
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Scope:
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Half-length portrait of man with a cane seated in a decorative chair. Azariah Ashley Bancroft was father of Hubert Howe Bancroft and husband of Lucy Damaris (Howe) Bancroft (1799-1882), 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).
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Heading:
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Marks/Inscriptions
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Notes:
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Painted signature (LR): L. Haus. Handwritten (verso stretcher): [P.C. Davis / Oakland / Paid]. Title from plaque on frame (LC). Inventory stamp (verso): Oct. 1951 (#793).
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/kt067n9880
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