 Another early work from the early 1840s is a miniature (water colour on ivory) called "Le Grand [sic] Bancroft," dated circa 1843.Legrand Bancroft (1818–1880) was a prominent lawyer in Albany, and this portrait was acquired by the Albany Institute of History and Art in 1939.On October 21, 1844, Pauling petitioned the Superior Court of New York County for naturalization.