Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
Artist
Thomas Ball
American, 1819–1911
Datemodeled 1852, cast later
MediumBronze
Dimensions30 x 13 1/2 x 11 in. (76.2 x 34.3 x 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Humber
Object numberG.58.13.1/a-b
On View
Not on viewProvenanceC. W. Nichols; Mrs. John B. Ingham, Pittsburgh, Penn.; sold to NCMA, 1958 (funds provided by Dr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Humber).
Published References"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums," Art Quarterly 21 (Summer 1958), listed 225, illus. (b-w) 223.
W. R. Valentiner, "Bronze Statuette of Daniel Webster by Thomas Ball," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 2, no. 1 (Summer 1958), 28-29; listed in "Registrar's Report of New Acquisitions," 44, illus. (b-w) 28.
Four Centuries of American Art (exhibition catalogue) (Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1963), listed 35.
Wayne Craven, "The Early Sculptures of Thomas Ball," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 5, nos. 1 and 2 (Fall 1964/Winter 1965), 3-12, illus. (b-w) 7, fig. 4, details (b-w) 2 and 8, fig. 5.
Charles W. Stanford, Jr., Selections from British and American Painting and Sculpture (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), no. 25, illus. (b-w).
American Sculpture (exhibition catalogue) (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Art Galleries, 1970), no. 17, illus. (b-w).
Jo Allen and Gil Leebrick, eds., Robert Lee Humber: A Collector Creates (exhibition catalogue) (Greenville, NC: The College of Arts and Sciences and The School of Art, East Carolina University, 1996), illus.
Exhibition HistoryMinneapolis, MN, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, "Four Centuries of American Art," November 27, 1963-January 19, 1964, listed 35.
Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Art Galleries, "American Sculpture," September 11-November 15, 1970, no. 17. illus. (b-w).
Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, "Opening Exhibition," May 1-30, 1978.
Greenville, NC, East Carolina University, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Robert Lee Humber: A Collector Creates, November 11-23, 1996, illus. (b-w) 41.
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