• The Compromise of 1850, Blair House Collection
    Robert Whitechurch
    This is an engraving by Robert Whitechurch based on a painting by Peter F. Rothermel, "The Compromise of 1850." This work of art depicts Henry Clay introducing the Compromise of 1850 on the Senate floor and is a part of the Blair family's collection at Blair House. Blair House is located across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House and has been used as the president's guest house since the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. Visiting diplomats and dignitaries stay at Blair House while on official visits with the White House and is historically where the president-elect and first family reside prior to taking the oath of office.
  • Cleansing the Augean Stable, Blair House Collection
    James S. Baille
    This is a political cartoon that appeared in Francis "Judge" Preston Blair's newspaper "The Globe." This cartoon depicted presidential candidate Henry Clay and other Whigs cleaning out the Democrats that had been in power. In the cartoon, Clay is pushing his opponent James Polk out of a window. The title of this cartoon is a reference to Greek mythology. Cleansing the Augean Stable was one of the twelve labors of Hercules. This cartoon is part of the Blair family's collection at Blair House. The house is located across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House and has been used as the president's guest house since the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration.
  • Henry Clay
    Joel T. Hart
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    This bust is of renowned U.S. politician Henry Clay. It was made by American sculptor Joel T. Hart out of Parian ware, a type of porcelain with a creamy white color. Clay served as secretary of state under President John Quincy Adams and represented Kentucky in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, where he also served as Speaker three times.
  • Henry Clay
    Thomas Ball
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    This statuette is part of a pair of cast bronze representations of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster by Thomas Ball. The bronze of Henry Clay was cast in 1858 to be a companion to the existing Webster figure. Ball was an American artist and also a musician. Clay served as secretary of state under President John Quincy Adams and represented Kentucky in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, where he also served as Speaker three times.