Engraving

Title:

Diogenes his lantern needs no more. An honest man is found! -the search is over.

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

1995.587.07

Creator:

Frothingham, James (1788-1864)Artist; Woodcock & Harvey (1838-1845)Engraver

Place of Origin:

Brooklyn, NY

Date:

1838-1845

Description:

Engraving of "Diogenes his lantern needs no more. An honest man is found! -the search is over", engraved and printed by Woodcock & Harvey (1838-1845), after a portrait by James Frothingham (1768-1864),1838-1845. Engraving on paper. Classical male figure (Diogenes), robed, seated and leaning against stone column, holding lit lantern in left hand over oval portrait of Daniel Webster (1782-1852); looking down at portrait. Oval frame around portrait titled "DANIEL WEBSTER. " Bust-length portrait, dressed in black coat, white stock and shirt, black hair. Frame wreathed in laurel leaves. Background on left is the United States Capitol building in Washington DC; knarled tree on right. Lower left corner below engraving: "The Portrait from a picture by Frothingham in the possession of S. T. Tisdale Esq." On right side of image: "Design & Engraved by Woodcock & Harvey". Below engraving: "Diogenes his lantern needs no more / An honest man is found! ___ the search is o'er." At very lower right corner in script engraving "Proo[f]". On reverse pencil script below that "carded-Engravings". Unframed

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-19.2 W-14.1 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Webster, Daniel (1782-1852), Frothingham, James (1788-1864), Harvey, John Q., Woodcock, Frederick, Tisdale, Samuel T. (1802-1869)

Subjects:

Webster, Daniel, Allegorical prints, Allegories, Honesty, Campaigns, Political, Elections, Political campaigns, Politicians