Picture
- Title:
- Daniel Webster
- Object Name:
- Picture
- Object ID:
- 2008.011.02
- Creator:
- Hughes, Robert Ball (1806-1868)
Sculptor - Place of Origin:
- MA
- Date:
- 1855
- Description:
- Pyrographic portrait (woodburning) of Daniel Webster. Board is thickest 3" from right edge, tapering to 1/16" at left side and 1/4" at right side. Inscribed (burned) on reverse: "The Hon. Dan Webster. / This Sketch was Burnt with a Poker. / BH / 1855." Attributed to Robert Ball Hughes (1806-1868).
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-11.5 W-8.5 D-0.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Loaned to NHHS in 1914 by Murray Corse (#1914.5A). Returned to the Corse family in 1978.
Purchased at Dawson and Nye Auction, Morris Plains, NJ, Lot #1078, on January 24, 2008. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
- People:
- Webster, Daniel (1782-1852), Hughes, Robert Ball (1806-1868), Corse, Murray P. (1884-1966), Corse, Dean M. (1919-2013)
- Subjects:
- Webster, Daniel
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