Metadata
Title
Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
Creator
Harding, Chester
Date
1850-1852 (circa)
Description
This portrait of Daniel Webster (1782-1852) by Chester Harding (1792-1866) is based on two daguerreotypes taken in 1850-52. Webster's second wife, Caroline LeRoy, had one of them in her New York apartment until the end of her life, calling it the most satisfactory likeness of her husband.
Other examples of this portrait are at Springfield Museum of Fine Arts and the Cincinnati Art Museum.
Extent
25" x 30.25"
Medium
Oil on canvas; gilt frame
Provenance
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. David B. Grant.
Collection
General Collection, Museum Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Identifier
1988.M01.01
Rights
http://www.philaathenaeum.org/rights.html