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Cornelius Photographs relating to William Keith from the collection of Brother Cornelius [graphic]
BANC PIC 1962.032--PICLOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Photographs relating to William Keith from the collection of Brother Cornelius

Creator/Contributor:

Cornelius, Brother, b. 1877, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Wendt, Julia Bracken.

Abstract:

Includes a photo of a bust, a photographic portrait and a group portrait including William Keith, Brother Cornelius[?] in front of one of Keith's paintings, and a photo of Keith's portrait of Collis P. Huntington. Also includes a photo of a relief sculpture of John Muir by Julia Bracken Wendt.

Date:

ca. 1890-ca. 1955 (issued)

Subject:

Keith, William -- 1838-1911 -- Pictorial works
Muir, John -- 1838-1914 -- Portraits
Brother -- Cornelius -- b. 1877 -- Portraits
Huntington, Collis Potter -- 1821-1900 -- Portraits

Note:

Photographers include Alfred Spreckens and Color Sales Company (commerical vendor), others are unknown.
Includes a color transparency of Keith's portrait of Collis P. Huntington (also included in the collection as a b&w print) and a letter from the vendor who created the transparency.
The Bancroft Library also holds the photograph upon which Keith's Huntington portrait was based (BANC PIC 2001.053--PIC).

Type:

graphic
Portraits.

Physical Description:

graphic
photoprint
6 photographic prints and 1 transparency : chiefly b&w ; 26 x 30 cm. or smaller.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC PIC 1962.032--PICLOCAL

Origin:

California

Related Item:

Cornelius Fidelis correspondence regarding his biography of William Keith : Cornelius, : Brother : b. 1877