Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Class of 1801
Daniel Chester French, American, 1850 - 1931
Margaret French Cresson, American, 1889 - 1973
1932
Painted plaster
Overall: 39 × 30 × 19 1/2 in. (99.1 × 76.2 × 49.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret French Cresson
S.938.29
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscription, on back: DANIEL C. FRENCH / MARGARET FRENCH CRESSON / SCULPTORS / 1932
Exhibition History
Fred Wilson, So Much Trouble in the World - Believe It or Not!, Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 4-December 11, 2005.
Happy Birthday Daniel Webster, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 5, 1975-January 25, 1976.
Publication History
Barbara Thompson, Fred Wilson, So Much Trouble in the World - Believe It or Not!, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2005.
Provenance
The artist; to his daughter, Margaret French Cresson (1889-1973); given to present collection, 1938.
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