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Francis B. Cutting and Daniel Webster, New York, 1844
Pierre Morand (flourished 1839–1891)
1844
Medium/Technique
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.4 x 17.7 cm (10 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number58.922
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 578
DescriptionStanding outside office of TILLOU and CUTTING / ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Accompanying the drawing is a description of the two men written in pen by Pierre Morand as follows: "Messrs Daniel Webster and Francis B. Cutting
I have but little to add to the description - / of this sketch already in Mr. Curie's possession. Mr. / Cutting was a gentleman of superior acquirements / and refinements, and always elegant in dress, in / striking contrast with the federal judges at that time, Hons. Ulshoeffer and Betts. As a lawyer he stood / at or near the head of his profession, and was gen- / erously patronized by importers who had trouble / under the new Whig Tariff. He seldom went into / Court without a good case. Mr. Webster with whom I became acquainted as / a witness in a custom house case defended by Mr. / Cutting, made a more ponderous impression upon / me than any man in his profession I ever met since. / He expressed surprise at my fluency in English and / thought I ought to study for the bar. The costume / in which he is represented he faithfully adhered to for many years, as also did his later colleague in / the Senate, Mr. Charles Sumner, whom I also well knew / as consulting attorney for a French Syndicate (the Swan lands in Virginia) whom I represented from 1846 to 54.
2544 Franklin St. Philadelphia Pierre Morand"
I have but little to add to the description - / of this sketch already in Mr. Curie's possession. Mr. / Cutting was a gentleman of superior acquirements / and refinements, and always elegant in dress, in / striking contrast with the federal judges at that time, Hons. Ulshoeffer and Betts. As a lawyer he stood / at or near the head of his profession, and was gen- / erously patronized by importers who had trouble / under the new Whig Tariff. He seldom went into / Court without a good case. Mr. Webster with whom I became acquainted as / a witness in a custom house case defended by Mr. / Cutting, made a more ponderous impression upon / me than any man in his profession I ever met since. / He expressed surprise at my fluency in English and / thought I ought to study for the bar. The costume / in which he is represented he faithfully adhered to for many years, as also did his later colleague in / the Senate, Mr. Charles Sumner, whom I also well knew / as consulting attorney for a French Syndicate (the Swan lands in Virginia) whom I represented from 1846 to 54.
2544 Franklin St. Philadelphia Pierre Morand"
InscriptionsInscribed below figures on the sidewalk in pen and ink: Francis B. Cutting; Daniel Webster; lower right: New York 1844
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA September 18, 1958