Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Scope and Content
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Portraits of Artists and Political Figures [graphic],
Date (inclusive): ca. 1870-ca. 1880
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1976.031--ALB
Extent:
Number of items: 1 photograph album (144 prints) and 22 loose prints
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: A collection of celebrity cartes de visite and other portraits from Europe and the United States including actors, actresses,
royalty, literary figures, military officers, and some unidentified people.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Portraits of artists and political figures [graphic], BANC PIC 1976.031--ALB, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and Content
Album, mainly of portraits of actors and actresses ca. 1870-1880, but which also includes portraits of some royalty of that
period, and other popular figures. Many of the portraits were identified only by last name or by title; many have been fully
identified, but a certain number have not been positively identified. A few portraits were inserted into the album without
names; these are mainly theater portraits, not portraits of royalty, etc.