File:Unfinished portrait of Daniel Boone by Chester Harding 1820.jpg

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Artist



Alternative names	Chester (Charles) Harding; Charles Harding; Harding
Description	American painter
Date of birth/death	1 September 1792	1 April 1865
Location of birth/death	Conway	Boston
Work location	London; Kentucky; Louisiana; Boston; Springfield; Missouri; New York; Ohio; Philadelphia; Washington, D.C.
Authority file	: Q5093586 VIAF: 22997840 ISNI: 0000000066809671 ULAN: 500031083 LCCN: n85015083 Open Library: OL1139603A WorldCat

Object type

painting

Description

Oil sketch of Daniel Boone, the only portrait of Boone painted from life. This was painted when Boone was 84 years old, a few months before his death. Harding painted Boone in June 1820 while Boone was living with his daughter Jemima Boone Callaway in Missouri. According to historian Ted Franklin Belue, "from this original oil portrait Harding made three copies: two busts and a full-length." (The Life of Daniel Boone by Lyman Draper, edited by Ted Franklin Belue. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1998, p. 2.)

Date

June 1820

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 54.5 cm (21.4 in); width: 42 cm (16.5 in)

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

	Location	1154 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts
	Coordinates	42° 20′ 47″ N, 71° 05′ 26″ W
	Established	1791
	Website	http://www.masshist.org/
	Authority file	: Q6784286 VIAF: 125214072 ISNI: 0000000121515650 Open Library: OL545117A GND: 16311745-7 SUDOC: 066013194

Accession number

01.056

References

First upload was reproduced from Alistair Cooke, Alistair Cooke's America (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1973), p. 157. [1]

Source/Photographer

http://www.masshist.org/database/3280

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:05, 26 September 2020	994 × 1,332 (91 KB)	Aavindraa	larger
	04:08, 14 May 2012	489 × 679 (18 KB)	Tm	Reverted to version as of 18:38, 29 June 2006
	12:37, 26 December 2011	489 × 679 (52 KB)	Soerfm	Brightness
	18:38, 29 June 2006	489 × 679 (18 KB)	Nonenmac	{{Information \|Description=This is the only portrait of Daniel Boone from his lifetime. It was painted just before he died at the age of 85. \|Source=Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. Reproduced from Alistair Cooke, Alistair Cooke's America (

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- دانيال بون
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- Boone County, Indiana
- Boone County, Kentucky
- 1775
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- Даніэль Бун
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- Дениъл Бун
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- Daniel Boone
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- 1820
- Cumberland Gap
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- Daniel Boone
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- 1775
- Daniel Boone
- Boone County (Illinois)
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- Boone County (Nebraska)
- Boone County (Missouri)
- Wilderness Road
- Figuren aus Die Geheimnisse des Nicholas Flamel
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- Daniel Boone
- Wikiquote:Quote of the day/October 2008
- Wikiquote:Quote of the day/October 22, 2008
- Wikiquote:Quote of the day/October 2011
- Wikiquote:Quote of the day/October 22, 2011
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- Author:Daniel Boone
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- Daniel Boone
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- Daniel Boone
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- دنیل بون
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- Daniel Boone
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- Daniel Boone
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- Chester Harding
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- Daniel Boone
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- 2 בנובמבר
- פורטל:אישים/היום בהיסטוריה/2 בנובמבר
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- דניאל בון
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- ケンタッキー州の歴史
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- 대니얼 분
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- Daniel Boone
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Author	Image made for the Massachusetts Historical Society
Copyright holder	This artifact is from the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society. While the MHS does not claim any intellectual property rights to this artifact, as the owner of the object the Massachusetts Historical Society, an institution that collects, preserves, and makes accessible materials relating to American History, asks to be credited when this image is used. Where applicable, a link to the MHS web presentation of this artifact is also encouraged.
Credit/Provider	From the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Online copyright statement	http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm
Usage terms	http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	400 dpi
Vertical resolution	400 dpi
Software used	GIMP 2.10.20
File change date and time	13:03, 26 September 2020
Unique ID of original document	adobe:docid:photoshop:88d1bf5f-9793-11d8-9daa-a522eca7a08c
Special instructions	Image use information: www.masshist.org/library/reproductions/licensing
Date and time of digitizing	14:58, 26 April 2004
Date metadata was last modified	03:56, 5 November 2015
Contact information	www.masshist.org Boston, Massachusetts,

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