Mourning Portrait of Daniel Webster, from "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion"

Anonymous, American, 19th century|Daniel Webster

December 18, 1852 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints

Mourning Portrait of Daniel Webster, from "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion" — Anonymous, American, 19th century|Daniel Webster

Shortly after the death of the famous American lawyer, politician and orator Daniel Webster, a Boston periodical published this memorial image, framed with black drapery and set against weeping willows.

Artist
Anonymous, American, 19th century|Daniel Webster
Date
December 18, 1852
Medium
Wood engraving
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Gift of Donato Esposito, 2013
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