Henry Clay

by John W. Dodge

$1,350 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Large-format portrait of Henry Clay. A striking, full length portrait of Clay sitting in the country near his home, Ashland. Clay sits on a mound with a dog at his feet, and Ashland is just visible in the distance. The house is also shown in a nicely engraved vignette below the main image. This print is typical of the high-quality American portraits of the middle of the nineteenth century, with excellent engraving and impressive size. The print was first issued in 1843, in

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