Daniel Webster Daguerreotype, 1449-B

Description

The image is a daguerreotype portrait of Daniel Webster. He is standing with one hand on his hip and the other resting on a book placed on a small, draped table. He is dressed in formal 19th-century attire, including a dark jacket and a bow tie. The setting appears to be a studio with a plain backdrop. Noted as being a copy of the daguerreotype by J. W. Haws, original property of Walter W. Lawson, Esq., Karthaws Bit. Coal Co., 11 Broadway, New York.