Statue of Henry Clay (U.S. Capitol) explained

Henry Clay
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Artist:	Charles Henry Niehaus
Medium:	Bronze sculpture
Subject:	Henry Clay
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
City:	Washington, D.C., United States

Henry Clay is a 1929 bronze sculpture by Charles Henry Niehaus depicting the lawyer and politician Henry Clay, installed in the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. It is one of two statues donated by the state of Kentucky.^[1] The statue was accepted into the collection by Virgil Chapman on March 3, 1929.^[2]

The statue is one of eight that Niehaus has had placed in the collection.^[3]

A plaster version of the work, painted to resemble bronze, is located in the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort. A gift from the Kentucky State Bar Association, it was dedicated on November 19, 1930.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Architect of the Capitol Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 1965 p. 210
2. Murdock, Myrtle Chaney, National Statuary Hall in the Nation’s Capitol, Monumental Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1955 pp. 38–39
3. Viles, Philip H., National Statuary Hall: Guidebook for a Walking Tour, published by Philip H. Viles, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1997 p. 114
4. Web site: Henry Clay, (sculpture). Smithsonian Institution. 20 August 2020. Art Inventories Catalog.