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Gift of John Huntoon, 2001.92.14, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
James Wolcott Bancroft
Gift of John Huntoon, 2001.92.14, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

James Wolcott Bancroft

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)
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"
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