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Full Length Portrait of Henry Clay (1777-1852), (painting). Artist:  Staunton, Phineas, 1817-1867, painter. Title:  Full Length Portrait of Henry Clay (1777-1852), (painting). Dates:  1847. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  9 x 6 ft. Inscription:  (On back:) P. Staunton, N[ew] O[rleans], 1847 signed Description:  "Dressed in a suit of black, the figure of an elderly gentleman, with thin gray hair, is standing on a rostrum, in an attitude of making a speech. His body is turned to the right...His left hand is lifting a document from among others lying on a desk covered with an ample green drapery, and his right hand is held before the breast. On the floor at the right are books and a roll of documents, and behind the desk is a red screen, above which is seen the top of a door. An armchair, upholstered in green stands in the left background near a column." Subject:  Portrait male -- Clay, Henry -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Statesman Occupation -- Political -- Senator Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Administered by Art Commission of the City of New York, New York, New York Located Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn, New York Provenance:  Purchased City of New York, New York, New York 1865. Remarks:  The painting was exhibited at Norman's bookstore in New Orleans in 1847. It was purchased in 1863 by the City Council of Brooklyn. Since 1865, it has been on display in Brooklyn Borough Hall in it's original gilded frame. References:  Peck, Annette B., 1999, 2009, 2010. "Catalogue of the Works of Art Belonging to the City of New York," Art Commission of the City of New York, Vol. I, 1909. Illustration:  "Catalogue of the Works of Art Belonging to the City of New York," Art Commission of the City of New York, 1909, Vol. I, opp. pg. 88. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 74980016   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 74980016 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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