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Engraving

Title:
Daniel Webster
Object Name:
Engraving
Object ID:
2010.501.1135
Creator:
Whipple, John A. (1822-1891); Girsch, Frederick (1821-1895)
Date:
1856
Description:
Engraving. Portrait of Daniel Webster (1782-1852). Engraved by Frederick Girsch (1821-1895), 1856. Steel engraving printed on paper. Bust length portrait of an older man with a receding hairline, dark straight hair, white collar, black cravat, black vest , black jacket with dark collar, facing right looking straight ahead. "Daguerreotype by Whipple", "Engraved by F. Girsch", "DANIEL WEBSTER", "Danl Webster" facsimile of signature, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856 by D. Rice A.N. Hart in the clerks office of the District Court of the United States in and for the eastern district of Pennsylvania." printed beneath the portrait. On the reverse printed in pencil "Purchased / April, 1980, / from Colburn / Tegg, Hollis, / N.Y. $3.50"
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-10.4 W-7.2 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Webster, Daniel
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