Title:

[Azariah Ashley Bancroft]

Description:

Content/DescriptionHalf-length portrait of man with a cane seated in a decorative chair. Azariah Ashley Bancroft was father of Hubert Howe Bancroft and husband of Lucy Damaris (Howe) Bancroft (1799-1882), whose portrait is the companion piece to this one. The portraits were possibly made in commemoration of the celebration of their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1872 (see xCS71.B2).

Creator/Contributor:

Haus, L., artist

Date:

[1872?]

Contributing Institution:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library