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Babes Ascending
Webber, C.T.1881
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Fremont, United States
Unglazed oil on canvas painting of two infants in white gowns rising upward. Ornate, wood frame with gilded composite decorative molding. Signed ”C.T. Webber” in lower left corner.
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- Title: Babes Ascending
- Creator: Webber, C.T.
- Date: 1881
- Provenance: the title for this painting is not known; ”Babes Ascending” is the title given to it by a former Hayes Presidential Center director, Les Fishel, in the 1980’s. There is a letter from C. T. Webber to President Hayes where he mentions ”...the picture of your children is ready....I ordered a suitable frame...” dated April 23, 1881. It is believed he was writing about this portrait.
- Type: painting
- Original Source: http://www.rbhayes.org
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