Title:
[George Robins]
Creator/Contributor:
Unknown, artist
Abstract:
Content/DescriptionBust portrait of man (Robins, George W., 1821-1908). Robins, a California pioneer, left New York in March
1849 aboard the bark Clarissa, sailed around Cape Horn and arrived in San Francisco in October of that year. Robins was referred
to as a capitalist and a letter apparently written by him to Benjamin S. Hill in 1850 discusses the state of money market
in San Francisco at the time.
Date:
[186-?]
Subject:
Robins, George W., -- 1821-1908 -- Portraits
Type:
Oil paintings
Portraits
Physical Description:
1 painting : oil ; oval image 68.5 x 55.8 cm.
Handwritten title (stretcher, UC). Stamp (on stretcher) from Jones & Woolls picture store, 48 Market St.
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1959.093--FR
Filename:
brk00001115_20a.tif
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