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Content/DescriptionHalf-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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Title
[Azariah Ashley Bancroft]
Creator
Haus, L., artist
Published
1872?
Full Collection Name
Framed items from the collections of The Bancroft Library
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 19xx.500:042--FR
Subject (Topic)
Bancroft, Azariah Ashley, -- 1799- -- Portraits
Type
Image
Format
Oil paintings
Portraits
Extent
1 painting : oil ; visible oval image 73.3 x 61 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
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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