Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Class of 1801
Joseph Alexander Ames, American, 1816 - 1872mid-19th century
Oil on canvas
Overall: 9 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (24.1 × 22.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Robert Jackson, Class of 1900
P.930.1
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Classification
Painting
Not on view
Inscription
Not signed. Not dated.
Exhibition History
The Godlike Black Dan, A Selection of Portraits from Life in Commemoration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Daniel Webster, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., June 4-November 28, 1982.
Fred Wilson, So Much Trouble in the World - Believe It or Not!, Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 4-December 11, 2005.
Publication History
James Barber and Frederick Voss, The Godlike Black Dan, A Selection of Portraits from Life in Commemoration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Daniel Webster, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982, p. 44-46.
Catalogue of Portraits, and other works of Art at Dartmouth College, Hanover: Dartmouth College, 1932, p. 41, no. 177.
Barbara Thompson, Fred Wilson, So Much Trouble in the World - Believe It or Not!, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2005.
Provenance
Robert Jackson (1880-1973, Class of 1900), New York, New York; given to present collection, 1930.
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