* RARE HISTORICAL HENRY CLAY 1863 OIL PAINTING E.C. MIDDLETON *

RIGHT OUT OF THE ATTIC IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IS THIS EXTREMELY RARE CHROMOLIGHOGRAPH- OIL PAINTING MADE BY THE FAMOUS ARTIST ELIJAH C. MIDDLETON OF CINCINNATI OHIO. PAINTED ONLY 7 FAMOUS PEOPLE DURING HIS CAREER 1861-1865. THE RAREST BEING DANIEL WEBSTER AND HENRY CLAY. ONLY 2 ARE KNOWN TO EXSIST OF HENRY CLAY. THIS ONE IS IN MINT CONDITION WITH THE PERIOD HAND MADE FRAME THAT WAS ALSO MADE IN CINCINNATI. THIS ONE IS DATED WITH THE RARE DATE OF (1863 ).

HENRY CLAY : BORN APRIL 12TH 1777 DIED JUNE 29TH 1852 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN STATESMAN AND ORATOR WHO REPRESENTED KENTUCKY IN BOTH SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTITIVES, WHERE HE SERVED AS SECRETARY OF STATE FROM 1825-1829. HE WAS A DOMINANT FIGURE IN BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND PARTY SYSTEMS, AS A LEADING WAR HAWK, HE FAVORED WAR WITH BRITIAN AND PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN LEADING THE NATION TO THE WAR OF 1812. JOHN F KENNEDY NAMED HENRY CLAY AS ONE OF THE FIVE GREATIST POLICTICAL FIGURES IN U.S. HISTORY. HIS HOME AND LAW OFFICE ARE BOTH CURRENTLY MUESUMS IN LEXINGTON , KENTUCKY. HE HAD 6 CHILDREN IN HIS LIFE.

ONE OF THE RAREST OIL/ CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS KNOWN TO EXSIST IN ITS ORIGINAL FRAME AND HAND BLOWN GLASS.

$ 900.00 FIRM