Abstract
Art at Dartmouth begins with the magnificent silver punch bowl delivered to Eleazar Wheelock in March, 1773. This gift, the first object of artistic value to be received by the infant college, is a truly princely one, expressing the geniality and the generosity of his Royal Majesty's Colonial Governor, the Honorable John Wentworth, Trustee, friend and godfather to the young institution. The bowl is of the “monteith” type with a scalloped rim which will hold the glasses while they are chilled with ice-water prior to the mixing of the punch. It was made in Boston by Daniel Henchman and engraved by Nathaniel Hurd, two Yankee master-craftsmen who were friends and competitors of Paul Revere. The American metal-smith of the eighteenth century was a rare combination of artist, technician, and entrepreneur, who was laying a foundation, with his drawing and designing, his fabricating and processing, for the lusty young industries of the postwar days.
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