Drawing

Title:

Daniel Webster

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2016.024.01

Creator:

Hoit, Albert Gallatin (1809-1856)Artist

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

circa 1850

Description:

Drawing. Six studies of faces and heads, including Daniel Webster (1782-1852), by Albert Gallatin Hoit (1809-1856), c. 1850. Black ink on paper. Matted and framed. Bust-length portrait of Daniel Webster, top left. Other studies include four men and one woman.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-9.1 W-7 inches

Provenance:

From collection of Patricia L. Heard (1930-2011) of Portsmouth and Sandwich, NH, Albert G. Hoit scholar.

Albert Gallatin Hoit (1809-1856) was born in Sandwich, NH, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1829. Hoit traveled through the northeastern United States and Canada painting portraits before marrying and moving to Boston in late 1839. He became an active participant in Boston's growing community of artists finding portrait commissions and exhibiting in gallery shows. He traveled and studied in Europe beginning in1842, returning to Boston in 1844. His portraits are in the collections of the New Hampshire State House (only other known life portrait of Webster by Hoit), Museum of Fine Arts, Fruitlands Museum, and the Sandwich Historical Society.

Credit Line:

Gift of Jonathan Heard, Adam Heard, and Meredith Heard Gisness in memory of Patricia L. and Arthur Marston Heard

People:

Webster, Daniel (1782-1852), Hoit, Albert Gallatin (1809-1856), Heard, Patricia L. (1930-2011)

Subjects:

Webster, Daniel, Studies (Visual works)