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Big Blue Bottle Fly in the Web

Artist: Edward Williams Clay, 19 Apr 1799 - 31 Dec 1857
Sitter: Daniel Webster, 18 Jan 1782 - 24 Oct 1852; James Watson Webb, 1802 - 1884; Horace Greeley, 3 Feb 1811 - 29 Nov 1872; Winfield Scott, 13 Jun 1786 - 29 May 1866; William Henry Seward, 16 May 1801 - 15 Oct 1872

Date: 1852

Type: Print

Medium: Lithograph on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 35.5 x 47.9cm (14 x 18 7/8")

Topic: Nature & Environment\Plant; William Henry Seward: Male; William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\US Senator\New York; William Henry Seward: Law and Crime\Lawyer; William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate; William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Statesman; William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Governor\New York; William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State; William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\State Senator\New York; Winfield Scott: Male; Winfield Scott: Literature\Writer; Winfield Scott: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate; Winfield Scott: Politics and Government\Public official; Winfield Scott: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General; Winfield Scott: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\War of 1812 army officer; Winfield Scott: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Mexican War army officer; Winfield Scott: Congressional Gold Medal; Horace Greeley: Male; Horace Greeley: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate; Horace Greeley: Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher; Horace Greeley: Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher; Horace Greeley: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper; Horace Greeley: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist; Daniel Webster: Male; Daniel Webster: Law and Crime\Lawyer; Daniel Webster: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Massachusetts; Daniel Webster: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State; Daniel Webster: Politics and Government\US Senator\Massachusetts; Daniel Webster: Politics and Government\US Congressman\New Hampshire; Daniel Webster: Education and Scholarship\Orator; James Watson Webb: Male; James Watson Webb: Politics and Government\Diplomat; James Watson Webb: Journalism and Media\Journalist; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Milton and Ingrid Rose

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.99.131

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery