George Bancroft, 1800-1891 – Historic Reproduction
![George Bancroft, 1800-1891, [ca. 1890?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/35/35c9507a1e6d-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures George Bancroft, 1800-1891 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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George Bancroft, 1800-1891
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Photographed late in a long life, the historian George Bancroft (1800-1891) was nearly ninety when this portrait was probably made, around 1890. He spent decades on his multivolume *History of the United States*, the first volume of which appeared in 1834, and his work shaped how many Americans understood the nation's founding. Bancroft also served as Secretary of the Navy under President James K. Polk, where he founded the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845. The print belongs to the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection, a body of portraits by a photographer who documented many prominent Americans of the period.
| Created / published | [ca. 1890?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1890.Photographic prints 1890. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in Portrait File. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,225 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-124017 |
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