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[Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, facing front, seated, holding cane, tall hat on table with tablecloth] – Vintage Wall Art

[Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, facing front, seated, holding cane, tall hat on table with tablecloth], [between 1844 and 1852] — historic photograph
[Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, facing front, seated, holding cane, tall hat on table with tablecloth], [between 1844 and 1852]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(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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[Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, facing front, seated, holding cane, tall hat on table with tablecloth]

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Henry Clay sits three-quarters turned to the left, face toward the camera, a cane in hand and a tall hat resting on a draped table at his side. The Kentucky statesman was a leading Whig who ran for president in 1832, 1844, and 1848. This whole-plate daguerreotype, gold toned for richer tone, was made in Mathew Brady's studio between 1844 and 1852, when Brady was building his reputation by photographing prominent public figures. The sitter was identified later through an 1897 engraving in *McClure's* magazine, a reminder that identifications of early portraits often depend on later printed sources.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1852]
Medium1 photograph : whole plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesIdentification from an engraving by W.J. Edwards in McClures magazine, Sept., 1897, page 939.). Written in ink on back of plate: 467. Hallmark: [asterisk] 40. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsClay, Henry,--1777-1852.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,293 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference95_Henry_Clay_threequarter_1844

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