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Daniel Webster, (sculpture). Artist:  Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873, sculptor. Clemente Papi (Firm), founder. Title:  Daniel Webster, (sculpture). Dates:  1858. Installed 1859. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 101 x 36 x 29 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 97 x 73 x 67 in. Inscription:  (Left side of base:) H. Powers. Sculp. (On back:) C. Papi.fuse. (On front of base:) WEBSTER signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A standing portrait of Daniel Webster with his proper left hand resting on a fasces. In his proper right hand he holds a scroll. The sculpture rests on a tall square base which rests on three steps. Subject:  Portrait male -- Webster, Daniel -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Statesman Occupation -- Education -- Orator Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Art Commission, Beacon Street, Massachusetts State House, Room 10, Boston, Massachusetts 02133 Accession Number: 1859.1 Located Massachusetts State House, Beacon Hill, Right Terrace, Boston, Massachusetts 02133 Remarks:  The sculpture was funded by the Webster Memorial Committee. IAS files contain an excerpt from Loredo Taft's "The History of American Sculpture," New York: Macmillan, 1924, pg. 69. IAS files also contain brief article from the Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), March 2, 1854, 2:2, discussing the early interest in erecting the statue honoring Daniel Webster in Boston. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Massachusetts Art Commission, "Art in the Massachusetts State House," 1986. Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5106, 1989. Monumental News, Oct. 1894, pg. 485. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994. Moore, Merl M., Jr., 1994. Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), March 2, 1854, 2:2. Illustration:  Image on file. Whitehill, Walter Muir, "Boston Statues," Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1970, pg. 26. Massachusetts Art Commission, "Art in the Massachusetts State House," 1986, pg. 54. Monumental News, Oct. 1894, pg. 485. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 76007495   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76007495 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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