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Museum number: 1900,1231.1261
Description: Scene in US Senate Chamber with twenty eight figures: Henry Clay standing in centre, addressing the chamber his draft of Compromise of 1850, twenty seven fingers listening, further audience behind. 1854 Engraving
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Production date: 1854
Production place: Published in: Pennsylvania (state)
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Dimensions: Height: 170 millimetres; Width: 232 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Henry Clay; Portrait of: Daniel Webster; Portrait of: Thomas Hart Benton; Portrait of: Lewis Cass; Portrait of: William Henry Seward; Portrait of: Millard Fillmore; Portrait of: William Lewis Dayton; Portrait of: William McKendree Gwin; Portrait of: John Caldwell Calhoun; Portrait of: James Pearce; Portrait of: Robert Field Stockton; Portrait of: Henry Stuart Foote; Portrait of: Stephen Arnold Douglas; Portrait of: Pierre Soulé; Portrait of: Truman Smith; Portrait of: Salmon Portland Chase; Portrait of: William Rufus DeVane King; Portrait of: John Bell; Portrait of: James Murray Mason; Portrait of: James Cooper; Portrait of: Willie Person Mangum; Portrait of: Sam Houston; Portrait of: John Parker Hale; Portrait of: Asbury Dickins; Portrait of: Jeremiah Clemens; Portrait of: Andrew Pickens Butler (Wrongly listed as 'Arthur P. Butler'); Portrait of: John Davis; Portrait of: Henry Dodge
Associated events: Associated Event: Compromise of 1850 1850
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Acquisition date: 1900
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1900,1231.1261

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