Engraving

Title:

Daniel Webster

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2016.024.02

Creator:

Hoit, Albert Gallatin (1809-1856); Smith, Hezekiah Wright; Andrews, Robert (d. 1856)

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

circa 1850

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of Daniel Webster (1782-1852), after painting by Albert Gallatin Hoit (1809-1856), c. 1850. Ink on paper. Imprinted "A.G. Hoyt Pinxt." just below image, left; and "Engraved by H.W. Smith" just below image, right. In bottom margin, facsimile signature "Danl Webster", followed by "AEt. 69 / Printed by R. Andrews / BOSTON / PUBLISHED BY LITTLE, BROWN COMPANY". Matted and framed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-9.25 W-6 inches

Provenance:

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

Albert G. Hoit painted the original portrait of Daniel Webster (2012.028) for Paran Stevens (1802-1872). The son of Josiah and Matilda (Cooke) Stevens, Paran Stevens was born in Claremont, NH. He became a wealthy hotel owner in Boston and New York City and a patron of the arts. The portrait hung in the Revere House hotel in Boston and was the basis for William Sharp's early 1850s lithographic portrait of Daniel Webster. Hoit was born in Sandwich, NH, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1829. He 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.

People:

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

Subjects:

Webster, Daniel