Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2000.165Description
A color photo of a sketch of Henry Clay's manservant, Charles Dupuy, drawn by John Neagle. The sketch is a bust portrait of a black man in a jacket. Written below sketch, "Charles Dupee [sic] aged 34 or 35. Charles Dupee (of Mendenhall Memory) a slave belonging to the Hon. Henry Clay. -- Drawn by Jn. Neagle from the life -- Lexington, Kentucky, Nov. 20th 1842." Written below that in a different hand, "Emancipated by Mr. Clay Dec 9th 1844."