Engraving
- Title:
- Moses Webster
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.1153
- Creator:
- Metropolitan Publishing & Engraving Company
Engraver - Place of Origin:
- Boston
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Moses Webster (1817-1887). Engraved by Metropolitan Publishing & Engraving Co. Boston. Steel engraving, printed on paper, Bust-length portrait of an old man with white hair; black tie, vest and jacket; small pocket-watch; body facing forward, looking right; gray background. "Metropolitan Publishing & Engraving Co. Boston" / "Moses Webster" facsimile of signature, printed beneath portrait. "BEM / Purchased April, 1980 / from Colburn & Tegg, / Hollis, N.Y., $3.50" printed in pencil in upper-right corner on back. "Moses Webster" facsimile of signature / "b. Pelham N.H. 1817-1887 / Vice pres. of granite quarrying firm, / and active in other industries." printed in pencil on lower third of back.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11.3 W-8.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Webster, Moses (1817-1887)
- Subjects:
- Webster, Moses
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