Vintage original 11x14 in. double-weight candid photograph of William Randolph Hearst with his family.  From left to right: William Randolph Hearst's wife, Millicent, her parents (Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson) and Mr. Hearst. It is in very fine condition without any pinholes tears, or stains and just some light horizontal waviness on each side border.

This photograph came from the Hearst family, as he had gold gilded-edge photographs made for family photo albums that he would give to various family members. This is not a modern reproduction and the edge of the photograph is gilded. Please note that the consignor of this photograph was close to the Marion Davies side of Heart's family and they believe that the two people in the middle are Millicent's parents, as there are virtually no photographs of them in any of the books related to Hearst.

William Randolph Hearst (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper magnate and leading newspaper publisher. Hearst entered the publishing business in 1887, after taking control of The San Francisco Examiner from his father. Moving to New York City, he acquired The New York Journal and engaged in a bitter circulation war with Joseph Pulitzer's New York World which led to the creation of yellow journalism — sensationalized stories of dubious veracity. Acquiring more newspapers, Hearst created a chain that numbered nearly 30 papers in major American cities at its peak. He later expanded to magazines, creating the largest newspaper and magazine business in the world.

He was twice elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives, but ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of New York City in 1905 and 1909, for Governor of New York in 1906, and for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1910. Nonetheless, through his newspapers and magazines, he exercised enormous political influence, and is sometimes credited with pushing public opinion in the United States into a war with Spain in 1898. His life story was a source of inspiration for the lead character in Orson Welles' classic film Citizen Kane. His mansion, Hearst Castle, near San Simeon, California, on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, was donated by the Hearst Corporation to the state of California in 1957, and is now a State Historical Monument and a National Historic Landmark, open for public tours. Hearst formally named the estate La Cuesta Encantada ('The Enchanted Slope'), but he usually just called it 'the ranch'. Film star Marion Davies was his long-time companion.