Photos of Boone, Daniel
Daniel was born to Squire Boone (November 25, 1696 - January 2, 1765) and Sarah Jarman Morgan (1700 - 1777). His father was born to a family of Quakers in Devon, England. Squire Boone immigrated to Pennsylvania in early 1713 along with his older siblings George Boone and Sarah Boone. The rest of the family joined them on September 19 (Old Style)/September 30 (New Style), 1717.
The original 1820 oil sketch by Harding from which his other portraits were made. (Massachusetts Historical Society)
Portrait of Boone by Chester Harding, 1820 (Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky)
This Harding portrait was, according to tradition, given to General Daniel Bissell by Daniel Boone.
Engraving of Daniel Boone by James Longacre (1835), from painting by Chester Harding
Engraving by James Otto Lewis, based on a 1820 painting by Chester Harding, is the only remaining version of the original full-length portrait.
Engraving of The elderly Daniel Boone hunting in Missouri by Alonzo Chappel (c. 1861)
Another version of the Chappel engraving, with Boone autograph at bottom
Daniel Boone Sitting at the Door of His Cabin on the Great Osage Lake by Thomas Cole, 1826
Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap by George Caleb Bingham, 1851-1852
The Abduction of Daniel Boone's Daughter by the Indians, Charles Ferdinand Wimar, 1853
Illustration from the book Daniel Boone and the Hunters of Kentucky by W.H.Bogart, 1854
1938 Daniel Boone bicentennial commemorative half dollar, obverse
1938 Daniel Boone bicentennial commemorative half dollar, reverse
The original 1820 oil sketch by Harding from which his other portraits were made. (Massachusetts Historical Society)
Portrait of Boone by Chester Harding, 1820 (Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky)
This Harding portrait was, according to tradition, given to General Daniel Bissell by Daniel Boone.
Engraving of Daniel Boone by James Longacre (1835), from painting by Chester Harding
Engraving by James Otto Lewis, based on a 1820 painting by Chester Harding, is the only remaining version of the original full-length portrait.
Engraving of The elderly Daniel Boone hunting in Missouri by Alonzo Chappel (c. 1861)
Another version of the Chappel engraving, with Boone autograph at bottom
Daniel Boone Sitting at the Door of His Cabin on the Great Osage Lake by Thomas Cole, 1826
Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap by George Caleb Bingham, 1851-1852
The Abduction of Daniel Boone's Daughter by the Indians, Charles Ferdinand Wimar, 1853
Illustration from the book Daniel Boone and the Hunters of Kentucky by W.H.Bogart, 1854
1938 Daniel Boone bicentennial commemorative half dollar, obverse
1938 Daniel Boone bicentennial commemorative half dollar, reverse
