On the back inscribed pyrographically “The Hon. Dan. Webster, has Burnt with a Poker. BH, Boston, 1855“
The artist Robert Ball Hughes was born January 19, 1804, in London, England, U.K., and died March 5, 1868, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Ball Hughes, which is how he usually signed his name on most of his poker works, i.e., without his first name Robert, was not only a pyrographic artist but an eminent English sculptor and engraver, who had studied at the Royal Academy.
The National Portrait Gallery contains Ball Hughes’ busts of Nathaniel Bowditch, Washington Irving, James Kent, John Marshall and a medallion of John Trumbull
Item Date: 1855
Measurement: Frame: 15.75" x 12.75"; Sight: 11.5" x 8.5"
Material: Wood Panel
Item Condition: Excellent
Price: $775
SKU 1121-96
For More Information, Please Contact David Hillier at 978-597-8084 or email drh@aaawt.com.
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