WEBSTER DANIEL Engraved portrait Signed and Inscribed To Dr

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WEBSTER, DANIEL. Engraved portrait Signed and Inscribed, "To Dr. Benjamin Abbott; / from his affectionate Pupil, / Danl Webster. / April 1847," showing the Whig statesman looking upward slightly. Approximately 4 1/2x3 1/2 inches (image), approximately 9x6 inches overall; marginal discoloration from prior matting. Np, April 1847

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Inscribed to one of his teachers, the Headmaster of Phillips Exeter, where he briefly attended before going on to Dartmouth.
Printed on the etching, at bottom, is a note that the engraving is from a daguerrotype by M.P. Simons. Pfister, in Facing the Light, indicates that this daguerrotype is no longer extant (p. 358, plate c).