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Here's to You Henry Clay

Artist: Benjamin W. Thayer Lithography Co., active 1840 - 1853
Sitter: Henry Clay, 12 Apr 1777 - 29 Jun 1852

Date: 1844

Type: Print

Medium: Lithograph on paper
Dimensions: Image: 19.9 × 17.6 cm (7 13/16 × 6 15/16"); Sheet: 33.8 × 26.1 cm (13 5/16 × 10 1/4")

Topic: Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree; Equipment\Walking stick\Cane; Costume\Headgear\Hat\Top hat; Sheet music; 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

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.84.11

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery