Birth Place of Daniel Webster, Salisbury, New Hampshire

1851

Hammat Billings

Associated Names
Hammat Billings

Artist, American, 1816 - 1874

Edward Augustus Fowle

Engraver, American, 1824 - 1892

The image depicts a rural scene with buildings, trees, a road, and the sky. The perspective is from an elevated position, showing a wide view of the landscape. The horizon is slightly above the center with a slope meeting the sky. There are buildings like a house and a barn on the left, surrounded by large trees casting shadows. The style of the image is detailed with fine lines, resembling an engraving. The color scheme is gray, emphasizing contrast and form. A road with a wooden fence leads into the scene, and the sky has soft clouds and diffused light.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Alice F. Williams)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 10.64 × 17.78 cm (4 3/16 × 7 in.)
    sheet: 14.29 × 24.13 cm (5 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.919

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alice F. Williams, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1958; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1851

  • Webster, Daniel. The Works of Daniel Webster, vol. 1. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851, p. 1.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: H. Billings; lower center in plate: Birth Place of Daniel Webster, Salisbury, N.H.; lower right in plate: E.A. Fowle; lower center in graphite by unknown hand: [undeciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q77011500

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