Engraving

Title:

Danl Webster

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.1143

Creator:

Artist

Date:

1877

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of Daniel Webster (1782-1852). Steel engraving, printed on paper. Bust-length oval portrait of man with gray hair, white collar and shirt, buttoned suit coat, facing right; gray background. The oval is edged with four rows of decoration; innermost is a series of small squares with a central dot within each square, the middle row is a series of arched shapes and the next row is plain white and the fourth row is an intricate design of scrolls and flowers. At the top of the portrait is an eagle with outspread wings, a central shield with stars and stripes, a banner connecting the wing tips reading "E PLURIBUS UNIM" with twelve stars forming an oval with another star in the center above the eagle. At the bottom of the portrait is an elongated octagon showing a scene of an orator speaking before a large group of people. There are shields and scrolls at either end and on the top; the bottom has a design of a different configuration also with scrolls. The outer edge surrounding the portrait is in a rectangular shape with the four corners cut out in a step-like pattern. This space is light gray. Finally, two parallel lines outline with whole with cutouts and squares at the corners, following the gray pattern. "Danl Webster" facsimile signature is printed below the portrait. On the reverse in the upper right hand corner written in pencil: "AAd / Purchased / April, 1980 / from Colburn & Tegg, Hollis, / N. Y. $3.50" Also written in pencil in the middle of the page: "Same in American Portrait Gallery / of Eminent and Distinguished / American Statesmen and Generals / N. Y. : Virtue & Yorston / ca. 1865 / (without signature) "Box B" / S. 1995.518.02" appear at the bottom right, written in pencil.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-11 W-8.3 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)

Subjects:

Webster, Daniel