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Henry Clay

Artist: Unidentified Artist
Copy after: Edward Dalton Marchant, 1806 - 1887
Sitter: Henry Clay, 12 Apr 1777 - 29 Jun 1852

Date: c. 1838

Type: Painting

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 76.8cm x 63.5cm (30 1/4" x 25"), Accurate

Topic: Henry Clay: Male; Henry Clay: Law and Crime\Lawyer; Henry Clay: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate; Henry Clay: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Speaker of the House; Henry Clay: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State; Henry Clay: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Kentucky; Henry Clay: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Kentucky; Henry Clay: Politics and Government\US Senator\Kentucky; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.65.43

Provenance: J.M. Cline, New Orleans; purchased 3 July 1923 by Thomas B. Clarke [1838-1931], New York; purchased 29 January 1936 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1942 to National Gallery of Art; transferred 1965 to NPG.

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery