George Bancroft
Artist
Charles DeForest Fredricks
(American, 1823-1894)
CultureAmerican
Date1860s-1870s
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Support: 3 15/16 x 2 5/16 in. (10 x 5.9 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (8.9 x 5.4 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (8.9 x 5.4 cm)
InscribedLogo printed on reverse: "C. D. FREDERICKS & CO / 587 / Broadway, / NEW YORK. / 108 Calle de la Habana, / HABANA. / 31 Passage du Havre, /PARIS.'. Written in pencil, top reverse: "Bancroft". Written in ink below image on mount: "Minist. Bandroft". Logo is printed in gray.
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.130
Not on view
DescriptionThis albumen carte de visite is a three-quarter-length standing portrait of George Bancroft (1800-1891), diplomat and historian. This CDV is from C. D. Fredericks & Co., New York, Havana, and Paris. The mount is rectangular; the face of the card is bordered by double brown lines. Mr. Brancroft faces the camera, turned slightly to his proper right. His right arm rests on a pedestal; left hand on waist. He has light hair and beard.
