Silhouette

Title:

Daniel Webster

Object Name:

Silhouette

Object ID:

2012.049

Creator:

Brown, William Henry (1808-1883)Artist; Kellogg, Edmund Burke (1809-1872)Lithographer; Kellogg, Elijah Chapman(1811-1881)Lithographer

Place of Origin:

Hartford, CT

Date:

1844

Description:

Lithographic silhouette of Daniel Webster, by William Henry Brown (1808-1883), 1844. Full-length black silhouette of man in profile, facing right, wearing coat with tails, right hand in trousers pocket. Table and wall map of United States on left; bookcase on right. Titled "DANIEL WEBSTER." below image. Other text below image: "From life by Wm. H Brown. / Lith. of E.B.&E.C. Kellogg / Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1844, by E. B. & E C Kellogg, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut." Mounted on cardboard. 16" x 11.7".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-16 W-11.7 inches

Provenance:

Purchased by the donors at an antique shop in Pembroke, NH, in 2012.

Appears to be a later reproduction, possibly from the 1931 edition of William Henry Brown's "Portrait Gallery of Distinguished American Citizens," originally published by E. B. & E. C. Kellogg in 1845.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Garvin

People:

Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)

Subjects:

Silhouettes, Lithographs, Webster, Daniel