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Portrait of Daniel Webster

(American, 1808–1901)
1886
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, albumen print after a daguerreotype
DimensionsOverall: 49.5 x 39.1cm (19 1/2 x 15 3/8in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1978.154
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsVerso, stamp in green: "Hawes/ Collection/ Holmans/ Holmans/ Boston" In graphite: "From the daguerreotype/ enlarged 7 times."
ProvenanceW. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA, accessioned April 1978.
Josiah Johnson Hawes
Josiah Johnson Hawes
about 1890
Josiah Johnson Hawes
Josiah Johnson Hawes
about 1890
Edward Southworth Hawes
Josiah Johnson Hawes
1890–95
Daniel Webster
Josiah Johnson Hawes
about 1883
Arlington Street Church, Boston
Josiah Johnson Hawes
about 1862
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Southworth and Hawes
1855–61
Cornelius Conway Felton
Southworth and Hawes
about 1855–60
Nathaniel Prentiss Banks
Southworth and Hawes
1852
Governor George Nixon Briggs of Massachusetts
Southworth and Hawes
about 1848–49