Henry Clay Monument, Richmond, Va. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Henry Clay Monument, Richmond, Va., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Henry Clay Monument, Richmond, Va.
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The bronze statue of Henry Clay, the Kentucky statesman who served as Speaker of the House and championed the compromises of the 1820s through 1850, stands in Richmond's Capitol Square, in the shadow of Thomas Jefferson's state capitol. This 8 x 10 inch glass negative was made around 1905 by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for its large catalog of American views taken from the 1890s into the 1920s. The image shows the monument as Richmond's visitors would have seen it at the turn of the twentieth century, when Clay's reputation as the "Great Compromiser" was still widely honored.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | G 2589" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018408. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Clay, Henry,--1777-1852. Sculpture.United States--Virginia--Richmond. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 802 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-61928 |
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