Silhouette Portrait of Daniel Webster, from "Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, 1844–45"

William Henry Brown American

Lithographer Lithographed and pubilshed by E. B. & E. C. Kellogg American

Sitter Daniel Webster American

1844

Not on view

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Title: Silhouette Portrait of Daniel Webster, from "Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, 1844–45"
Series/Portfolio: Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, 1844–45
Artist: William Henry Brown (American, Charleston, South Carolina 1808–1883 Charleston, South Carolina)
Lithographer: Lithographed and pubilshed by E. B. & E. C. Kellogg (American, active Hartford, Connecticut 1840–67)
Sitter: Daniel Webster (American, Salisbury, New Hampshire 1782–1852 Marshfield, Massachusetts)
Date: 1844
Medium: Lithograph with tint stone
Dimensions: Image: 13 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (33.7 × 24.7 cm)
Sheet: 17 3/8 × 12 1/8 in. (44.2 × 30.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Object Number: 24.90.602
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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