Bust Portrait of George Bancroft

Creator

D. Appleton and Co.
Austin Augustus Turner

Files

Creator Role

publisher photographer

Description

Bust-length portrait of George Bancroft, historian, statesman, and advocate for secondary education.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

n.d.

Measurement

4 X 2 1/2 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

paper (fiber product); albumen process

Inscription

verso, inscribed at top: Hon Geo Bancroft / [$12.00] verso, backmark: CARTES DE VISITE / D. APPLETON & CO. / 443 & 445 Bway / NEW YORK / A. A. TURNER / Photographer

Subjects

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891; Carte de visite photographs

Work Type

albumen prints ; cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

Class

CDVs

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

957

Digital ID

FVW_00957

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.