Westward Ho!
T. Dwight Booth, American, active 1830 - 1857
after James Henry Beard, American, 1812 - 1893
1866
Engraving on wove paper
Impression: 22 1/2 × 30 in. (57.2 × 76.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.966.79
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, lower left margin: Painted by James H. Beard; lower right: Engraved by T. D. Booth; lower center: Westward Ho!
Exhibition History
American Intellectual and Cultural History Through the Civil War, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, History 30, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 10-September 6, 1992.
Images of the West: Selections from the Permanent Collection, MALS 190, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 15 -August 28, 1994
The American Scene: Views of Everyday Life, 1840-1890, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, ArtH50, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 27-September 6, 1998.
Provenance
Raymond G. Clifton (1895-1968), Pine Cupboard Antique Shop, Franklin, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1966.
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