Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Class of 1801

Inscriptions

Not signed.

Exhibition History

Daniel Webster, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 25-July 9, 1989.

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.

Happy Birthday Daniel Webster, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 5, 1975-January 25, 1976.

Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 29, 1994-June 5, 1995.

Publication History

Barbara Thompson, Fred Wilson, So Much Trouble in the World - Believe It or Not!, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2005.

Provenance

“Sale of the contents of a wood carver’s shop”; sold to Edward Winsor (1813-1860), Duxbury, Massachusetts, date unknown; given to his brother-in-law, Samuel Gilbert (1801-1897), Dorchester, Massachusetts, date unknown; given to his cousin, George Marshall Soule (1813/14-1868), Hingham, Massachusetts, date unknown; bequeathed to his wife, Lucy Thomas Ford Soule (1822-1911), Hingham, Massachusetts, 1868; bequeathed to her daughters, Lucy Frances Soule (1846/47-1918) and Ellen Gray Soule (1843-1924), Hingham, Massachusetts, 1911; bequeathed to Ellen Gray Soule (1843-1924), in 1918 (at the death of her sister, Lucy Frances Soule); bequeathed to Dartmouth College, 1924.

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