Daniel Webster [photograph], [ca. 1855].

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Daniel Webster [photograph], [ca. 1855].

Quarter-plate daguerreotype in leather case of portrait of Massachusetts attorney anfd statesman Daniel Webster (1782-1852), possibly from a steel engraving by John Angel James Wilcox. The photograph was taken ca. 1855-1860 by an unknown photographer.

1 photograph : daguerreotype, b&w ; visible oval image 9 1/2 x 7 cm. (quarter-plate), in case 12 x 9 1/2 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7637434

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...

Wilcox, John Angel James, 1835-

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