This is a whole plate daguerreotype in a leather case of Daniel Webster (1782-1852), attorney and U.S. senator for Massachusetts. The photograph was taken in 1851 by Southworth & Hawes of Boston, Massachusetts. From the Daguerreotype collection Photo. 1.377L
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