James Wolcott Bancroft
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1860-1870
MediumAmbrotype; collodion on glass in brass mat package in wooden case covered with tooled leather; velvet pad in the left side of the open case
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 2 1/2 × 2in. (6.4 × 5.1cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 × 2 1/2 × 2in. (7.6 × 6.4 × 5.1cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 × 2 1/2 × 2in. (7.6 × 6.4 × 5.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of John Huntoon
DescriptionNinth plate ambrotype portrait of James Wolcott Bancroft, taken in old age. He is wearing a coat, waistcoat, white shirt, and white collar with the points folded over his bowtie. His left hand is resting on the top of a cane. His cheeks have been tinted pink.
Object number2001.92.14
InscribedHandwritten on scrap of paper in case: "Father's Grandpa Bancroft / Father got him to take the old / cane and walk down street to a / traveling photographer and have / this taken. Lived to be most (?) 92 yrs / old / 1 James"Handwritten on envelope (not original): "James Bancroft Sr"
Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
1845-1850
