Engraving
- Title:
- The Last Days of Webster at Marshfield
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1975.526
- Creator:
- Ames, Joseph (1816-1872); Mottram, Charles (1817-1876); Smith Parmelee
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- circa 1858
- Description:
- Engraving, The Last Days of Webster at Marshfield, engraved by Charles Mottram (1807-1876) after a painting by Joseph Ames (1816-1872) and published by Smith Parmelee, c. 1858. Webster, in center, dressed in white and bathed with light from a window at left. He is surrounded by men, women, and children. Group of men surround his bed; women are seated around the room; one woman, at left, wearing white cap holds hand to head. Text lower margin: PAINTED BY JOSEPH AMES. PUBLISHED BY SMITH PARMELEE, 59, BEEKMAN STR[T] NEW YORK ENGRAVED BY C. MOTTRAM. / THE LAST DAYS OF [small cartouche with scene of buildings with people in foreground titled, "MARSHFIELD"] WEBSTER AT MARSHFIELD." Next line is in script: "To the Family and Friends of the late Daniel Webster, this Plate, representing a scene [cartouche repeated] during his last days at Marshfield, is most respectfully dedicated by the Publishers. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858 by Smith Parmelee in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York."
Daniel Webster, center, sitting up in bed, lit by ray of sun from window; Others present: Charles Henry Thomas; Jacob LeRoy; Edward Curtis; Caroline LeRoy Webster (wife); Mrs James W. Paige; Samuel A. Appleton; James W. Paige; George Ashman; Rufus Choate; Peter Harvey; Daniel Fletcher Webster (son); Caroline L. Appleton; Daniel Webster; Ashburton Webster; Mrs. Daniel Fletcher Webster; Caroline Webster; Dr. J. Mason Warren; Dr. John Jeffries; Sarah ("colored servant"); John Taylor (farmer); Porter Wright (farmer). Unframed. - Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-29.2 W-36.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Webster, Daniel, Death
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