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Portrait of Daniel Webster

Josiah Johnson Hawes (American, 1808–1901)
1886

Medium/Technique Photograph, albumen print after a daguerreotype
Dimensions Overall: 49.5 x 39.1cm (19 1/2 x 15 3/8in.)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1978.154
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs

DescriptionEnlarged detail from a daguerreotype of Daniel Webster, seated, of about 1851 (43.1402).
Signed Lower left: "J. J. Hawes, Photo" printed in photograph.
Lower right: "Copyright 1886 J. J. Hawes" printed in photograph.
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.