Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Class of 1801
Joseph Alexander Ames, American, 1816 - 1872
mid-19th century
Oil on canvas
Overall: 36 x 29 in. (91.4 x 73.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allen C. Dubois
P.967.46
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Classification
Painting
Not on view
Inscription
Not signed. Not dated.
Exhibition History
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.
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.
Publication History
Barbara Thompson, Fred Wilson, So Much Trouble in the World - Believe It or Not!, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2005.
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.
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