Prints of Webster, Clay and Calhoun

Art

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Prints of Webster, Clay and Calhoun

Entry/Object ID

96.10.13

Description

William Pate (working, mid to late nineteenth century) Engraving of Henry Clay New York 1802 Ink on paper Engraved: Published by William Pate 58 & 60 Fulton Street New York / Engraved according to Act of Congress in the year 1802 by R.L. Bacrus?....[illeg] The rest is faded and indistinguishable. Image depicting full figure of man standing wearing black waistcoat with tails, white shirt and black neckercheif, standing with with left hand on hip; behind him is chair having twisted and shaped arms, upholstered seat and cabriole legs with scroll feet, black coat os thrown over back of chair; right side having table with books and black cane with brass knob leaning on table; in molded wood frame with gilt inner border and ebonized outer border. Condition: Badly water damaged and discolored. Tear marks bottom center and upper center.

Collection

Loan

Made/Created

Date made

1802

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

1244

Dimensions

Height

35-1/4 in

Width

26-1/2 in

Depth

1-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Sight height 29-3/4, sight width 21-1/2, height overall 35-1/4, width overall 26-5/8 inches

Location

Location

Building

AR LIBRARY

Moved By

Red

Date

August 3, 1998

Notes

Until: / /

Location

Building

AR 105

Category

Permanent

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Notes

John C. Calhoun engraving- (96.10.13) Paper mounted to linen and stretched via stretcher. Linen very dessicated. Water stains along lower edge. Overall oxidation. Foxing, surface grime.

Notes

Badly water damaged and discolored. Tear marks bottom center nad upper center.

Conservation

Treatment

Conservator

Virginia E. Newell

Notes

Scope of work: Remove from frame, photograph, remove from stretcher, remove linen backing, surface clean, full cleaning (no bleaching), agueous deacidification, relax and straighten, new rag mat, tacking, and installation. Cost: 250

Intake

Loan In

L.1996.010.

Lender

Mary Maybank Scarborough

Date Received

Sep 15, 1998

Date Due for Return

Feb 8, 2006

General Notes

Note

Notes: [photo] __[slide] __[transparency] __[other] Status: OK Location Details1: 1

Created By

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Create Date

August 3, 1998

Updated By

museumsintern@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

July 14, 2025