Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Class of 1801

Thomas Ball, American, 1819 - 1911

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1853

Plaster painted gold

Overall: 30 1/2 in. (77.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

S.X.112.5

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Sculpture

Research Area

Sculpture

Not on view

Inscriptions

Cast into plaster on back of drapery: T Ball Sculpt / Boston Mass / 1853 / Patent assigned to / G. W. Nichols

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.

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

Source unknown.

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