Death of Honl. Henry Clay: My son i am going-sit by me"" – Antique Print
![Death of Honl. Henry Clay: My son i am going-sit by me"", [New York] : N. Currier, 1852. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/04/04bcc5c9d911-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Death of Honl. Henry Clay: My son i am going-sit by me"". The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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This lithograph shows the deathbed of Henry Clay, the Kentucky statesman, and its caption records his words, "My son I am going, sit by me." Clay died in Washington on June 29, 1852, after a long illness, while serving in the Senate. He had been one of the most prominent American politicians of his day, known as "the Great Compromiser" for his role in the sectional deals of the 1820s and 1850, and he had made three unsuccessful runs for the presidency. Nathaniel Currier issued the print in New York that year, part of a wave of memorial images that met public demand for keepsakes of the senator.
| Created / published | [New York] : N. Currier, 1852. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1618. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,082 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109470 |
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