Cassius M. Clay.

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Thayer American, 1846 - 1847

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Thayer American, 1846 - 1847

After a work byAfter a work by Anthony & Clark American

Date1846

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 3/16 x 8 3/4in. (31 x 22.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 18 1/8 x 13 7/16in. (46 x 34.1cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionThree-quarter-length portrait of a middle-aged man standing beside a table. He wears a coat vest, shirt, tie and cape with a plaid lining. A quill pen, an inkwell, a rolled sheet of paper and three books are on the table. A balustrade, a fluted column, trees and a government building, possibly a state capitol, are in the background.

Object number1995.182.70

InscribedLithographed title beneath image: "CASSIUS M. CLAY." Inscribed on stone, beneath image, lower center: "Entered according to an act of Congress in the year 1846, by Kelloggs & Thayer in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southn. Dist. of N.Y." Inscribed in pencil on verso, upper left: "Box 24 / #1". Lower right: "Consv CPC 1987 / Dwr 3". Old and new accession numbers inscribed in pencil on verso, lower right.

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