[Daniel Webster]
Photograph
[Daniel Webster]
June–July 1852
Daguerreotype
Image: 4 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (12.4 × 8.9 cm) (1/2 plate)
Case: 6 × 4 3/4 × 13/16 in. (15.2 × 12.1 × 2.1 cm)
Purchase
1969.0201.0042
Inscriptions Entry 547 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Handsome half-plate dag. of Daniel Webster on his estate estate at Marshfield, Mass. Taken about 184[?] perhaps by Brady. Since [?], Civil War writer who [?] Brady photos in his book, drew portrait from this dag for engraving in a book, “Private Life of Daniel Webster.[?] harper’s 1852. Plate 3. Fine outdoor scene under trees of Marshfield, buildings in distance. Rec’d from Kennebunk, Me. Paid $12.50. Worth about twice that. More than $50.00
