Silhouette
- Title:
- Ezekiel Webster (?)
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1951.030.01 a-b
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1825
- Description:
- Two silhouettes possibly of Ezekiel Webster (1780-1829), unknown artist, c. 1825. Bust-length hollow-cut silhouettes of a man in profile to left; sitter's coat collar and cravat are uncut and drawn with black ink; sitter's hair drawn in ink. Large triangular cut in coat lapel. Backed with black textile. Pencil inscription lower right: "E.W." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
Ink
Textile - Dimensions:
- H-4 W-3.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Ezekiel Webster (1780-1829) was the older brother of Daniel Webster. Ezekiel attended Salisbury Academy and Dartmouth College, graduating in 1804. He read law with Gen. Sullivan and in 1807, settled in Boscawen where he practiced law. In 1809, he married Alice Bridge of Billerica, MA, and in 1825, married Achsah Ballard of Nashua, NH. He died suddenly on April 10,1829, while addressing a jury in the Concord court house.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Lydia L. Kennard
- People:
- Webster, Ezekiel (1780-1829)
- Subjects:
- Webster, Ezekiel, Silhouettes
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