Lithograph

Title:

Daniel Webster

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1969.052.04

Creator:

Harding, Chester (1792-1866)Artist; Johnston, David Claypoole (1799-1865)Artist; Pendleton's Lithography (1825-1836)Lithographer

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1831

Description:

Lithograph. Portrait of Daniel Webster (1782-1852), lithographed and published by David Claypoole Johnson (1799-1865), after a painting by Chester Harding (1792-1866), printed by Pendleton's Lithography (1825-1836), 1831. Lithograph on paper. Half-length portrait of a man facing slightly right. Wearing a black coat, black waistcoat, white shirt with high collar and white cravat. Sitter's right arm is resting on a chair arm. Printed in lower margin: "Drawn on stone by D.C. Johnston from a Painting by C. Harding, Pendleton's Lithography Boston / DANIEL WEBSTER / Published by D.C.Johnston .....Boston. / "Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1831 by David C. Johnston in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Massachusetts." Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-16.6 W-13.63 inches

Provenance:

Objects and manuscripts from the Nims and Knight families of Roxbury and the Rugg family of Sullivan, given by a descendant, Helen E. (Mrs. Charles B.) Knight of Marlborough.

Credit Line:

Gift of Helen E. Knight

People:

Webster, Daniel (1782-1852), Harding, Chester (1792-1866), Johnston, David Claypoole (1799-1865), Knight, Helen E. (1895-1985), Knight, Charles B. (1892-1968)

Subjects:

Webster, Daniel