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| Keywords: Portrait of Daniel Boone by Chester Harding 1819.jpg Remnant of a full-length portrait of Daniel Boone painted by Chester Harding Harding painted the portrait based on sketches made when Boone was 85 years old Harding was probably the only artist to paint Boone from life; many other depictions of Boone are adapted from Harding's work Note that the area around the head is a different texture from the shoulders ”the original full-length painting was done on ordinary table oilcloth This aged poorly and so in 1861 Harding cut out the original head and placed it on a new canvas This is a black-and-white photograph of a color painting http //memory loc gov/ammem/today/images/0607boone_big jpg Library of Congress 1819 according to the Library of Congress ; actual date may be 1820 when Harding visited Boone; modified in 1861 creator Chester Harding PD-old-100 Engraving based upon the lost full-length portrait LOC-image cph 3c12549 Daniel Boone portrait Harding Chester Daniel Boone by Chester Harding portrait Boone Daniel Black and white reproductions of portrait paintings in color | ||||
