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Title: McClure's magazine
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: McClure, S. S. (Samuel Sidney), 1857-1949
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Publisher: New York : S.S. McClure
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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ster Harding, in the possession of General James H. Van Allen, of NewYork, painted in 1849. A duplicate of this is given in the published proceedings of the Webster Centennial at Marshfieldin 1882, by the Webster Historical Society, with the inscription, From a daguerreotype taken at Franklin, New Hamp-shire, July, 1852, and presented to Stephen M. Allen by Mr. Webster. The last picture from life ever taken of Mr. Web-ster. An inspection of this daguerreotype would determine whether it was taken from a painting or from life ; if thelatter, it is obvious that the paintings are not originals, but from it. Both statements cannot be correct, nor could each oneof the three paintings be an original from life. As a portrait it is certainly one of the strongest characterizations of Web-ster that we have, showing the intellectual development overshadowing the deep cavernous eye, while the lower portionsof the face indicate a nature unable to resist itself. LIFE PORTRAITS OF DANIEL WEBSTER. 625
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WEBSTKK IN 1846. AGE 64. RICHARDS. From the original daguerreotype by Richards of Philadelphia, in his possession. F. De Berg Richards was born inWilmington, Delaware, June 26,1822. He became a portrait painter, but soon turned to landscapes and marines. He wasearly attracted by the possibilities of the daguerreotype, and after several fruitless attempts, with improvised cameras,succeeded in his endeavor and was among the first to follow daguerreotyping successfully as a business. His collectionof daguerreotypes of distinguished personages taken by himself is most important and interesting. The one of Wrt>sterhere reproduced was taken at the request of Dr. George McClcllan, the father of General McClellan, who was secretaryto a body of citizens of Philadelphia who had invited Webster to a public dinner. The banquet was given in the oldChinese Museum on December 2, 1846, when, on account of the coldness of the hall, Webster asked permission to wear hishat while speaking. The next mo

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