Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Class of 1801
Thomas Ball, American, 1819 - 1911
1853
Painted plaster
Patened and produced by C.W. Nichols
Overall: 31 × 13 × 11 1/4 in. (78.7 × 33 × 28.6 cm)
Overall: 31 1/8 × 12 5/8 × 11 1/4 in. (79 × 32 × 28.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Bernice and Joseph Tanenbaum
S.999.54
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed, in plaster, on back: T. Ball Sculp / Boston Mass / 1853 / Patent assigned to / C. W. N [illeg.]
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.
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
Bernice and Joseph Tanenbaum, October 1988; given to present collection, 1999.
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