Daniel Webster [photograph], 1851.

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Daniel Webster [photograph], 1851.

Whole plate daguerreotype in leather case of Daniel Webster (1782-1852), attorney and U.S. senator for Massachusetts. The photograph was taken in 1851 by Southworth & Hawes of Boston, Mass.

1 photograph : daguerreotype, b&w ; visible oval image 20 x 15 cm. (whole plate), in case 25 x 20 1/2 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7642935

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...

Southworth & Hawes

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Attributed to the photographic firm of Southworth & Hawes. This photographic print was one of a series of prints that formed a panoramic view of the city of Boston taken from the State House in 1858. The individual prints have been reproduced several times; this particular print probably dates from the late nineteenth century. From the description of View from the State House, looking North East [graphic]. [1858] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 70822186 ...