Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Unknown
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
[George Robins]
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1959.093--FR
Extent:
1 painting : oil ; oval image 68.5 x 55.8 cm.
Scope:
Bust portrait of man (Robins, George W., 1821-1908). Robins, a California pioneer, left New York in March 1849 aboard the bark Clarissa, sailed around Cape Horn and arrived in San Francisco in October of that year. Robins was referred to as a capitalist and a letter apparently written by him to Benjamin S. Hill in 1850 discusses the state of money market in San Francisco at the time.
Heading:
Marks/Inscriptions
Notes:
Handwritten title (stretcher, UC). Stamp (on stretcher) from Jones & Woolls picture store, 48 Market St.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/kt938nb3d 7

[George Robins]