Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Class of 1801
Nathaniel Currier, American, 1813 - 1888
1834-1856
Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Image: 12 3/8 × 8 7/8 in. (31.5 × 22.5 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 15/16 in. (35.3 × 25.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
PR.X.162.5
Publisher
N. Currier Lithographer, New York
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Inscribed, on stone, lower left margin: LITH & PUB. BY N. CURRIER; inscribed, on stone, lower right margin: 152 NASSAU ST. COR. OF SPRUCE N.Y; inscribed, on stone, lower center: AGED 70 YEARS. / BORN JANY. 18TH [TH in superscript] 1782. HON. [missing piece] [DAN]IEL WEBSTER. DIED OCT. 24TH [TH in superscript] 1852 / [missing piece] YEARS ARE THREE SCORE AND TEN. / "On the 24th [th in superscript] of October all that is morta [missing piece] more" "Heavenly Father forgive my sins and receive me to thyself, through Jesus Christ."
Exhibition History
Happy Birthday Daniel Webster, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 5, 1975-January 25, 1976.
Provenance
Source unknown.
Catalogue Raisonne
Conningham (1949): 2898
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