Painting
- Title:
- The Childhood of Daniel Webster: In a Store at Salisbury the Boy Reads the Newly Ratified Constitution of the United States. 1791
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1943.005.04
- Creator:
- Faulkner, Barry (1881-1966)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Keene, NH/New York, NY
- Date:
- 1942
- Description:
- Historical painting (preliminary study for mural in the Senate Chamber of the NH Statehouse), The Childhood of Daniel Webster: In a Store at Salisbury the Boy Reads the Newly Ratified Constitution of the United States. 1791, by Barry Faulkner (1881-1966), 1942. Oil on academy board. In arched panel, gray background. Boy (Webster) kneeling on floor with Constitution before him, cat at right hand, ladder reaching loft. Mother bending over boy and father in back of her, red vest. Preliminary study for mural painted in New Hampshire State Senate Chamber. Gray-painted wood frame, unadorned.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas over Wood Board - Dimensions:
- H-25.3 W-14.2 D-1.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift from the artist. Preliminary study for mural in the Senate Chamber of the NH Statehouse.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Barry Faulkner
- Subjects:
- Cats, Ladders, Lofts, U.S. Constitution, Webster, Daniel
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