Name/Title
PrintEntry/Object ID
1988.786Description
Composite lithograph of Henry Clay, comprising portraits within four rules mounted on a larger sheet with a legend. "N. Sarony del. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1842 by H.R. Robinson in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y. (K.Y?)." Lettered below on a second sheet, "Henry Clay./ I can with unshaken confidence appeal to that Divine arbiter for the truth of the declaration that I have been influenced by no impure purpose, no personal motive, have/ sought no personal aggrandizement; but that in all my public acts I have had/ a sole and single eye, and a warm and devoted heart, disected and dedicated to what in/ best judgement I believed to be the true interests of my country./ Extract from Valedictory Address/ Lith & Pub by H.R. Robinson 58 Courtland St. N.Y. & Pennsa. Avenue Washington, D.C."
