Name/Title
Ashland, The Homestead of Henry ClayEntry/Object ID
1988.204Description
Colored engraving depicting Henry Clay's Ashland showing front of house and empty chair on front lawn beneath a tree. Printed immediately beneath image, "Drawn by James Hamilton after Daguerreotype taken on the spot by J.M. Hewitt -- Published by F. Hegan, Louisville, Ky. 1853. -- Engraved by J. Sartain." Beneath lettering is a bust image of H. Clay in the center with the title of the engraving beneath him in large block letters, "ASHLAND, THE HOMESTEAD OF HENRY CLAY." The title is flanked by two images, the one on the left appears to be the god Mercury, holding the symbolic staff and snake of the medical[?] profession, a shield at his feet and looking toward a river or harbor filled with ships, factories can be seen on the oposite bank; the image on the right is of a woman holding a sickle, reclining on sheaths of wheat and surrounded by other farming implements. At bottom right corner in faint print is, "Printed by Ja. Irwin, Phila." The engraving is matted in a rectangular frame. Frame is gold with brick design and a raised vine around perimeter with inner beaded edge. A brass plate at bottom center reads, IN MEMORY OF / BARNEY MILLER / FROM HIS FAMILY."Dimensions
Height
28-3/4 inWidth
38-5/8 inDepth
1 in