George Bancroft in his Study
Date1888
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 3/4 x 7 7/8in. (12 x 20cm)
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Dixon Welling
DescriptionElderly bearded man sits in a wicker chair at a desk piled with books and papers. He appears to be writing with a quill pen. Books line the shelves of a bookcase in the left background. There appears to be a leather-covered screen in the right background.
Object number1949.4.1
InscribedOn verso: "To his dear & honored Friend, Mrs. Clementina Welling /Geo. Bancroft / January 1888."NotesSubject Note: The historian and diplomat George Bancroft was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1800 and died in Washington, D.C. in 1891. Clementine Welling was the wife of Dr. James C. Welling. The Wellings lived at 159 Farmington Avenue, Hartford.
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