Henry Clay (1777-1852)
Artist
Thomas Ball
American, 1819–1911
Datemodeled 1858, cast later
MediumBronze
Dimensions31 x 13 x 11 in. (78.7 x 33 x 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Humber
Object numberG.63.36.1
On View
Not on viewPublished ReferencesAntiques 86, no. 2 (August 1964).
Raleigh: News & Observer (Sunday, September 6, 1964).
Wayne Craven, "The Early Sculptures of Thomas Ball," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 5, nos. 1 and 2 (Fall 1964/Winter 1965), 3-12, illus. (b-w) 11, fig. 10, details (b-w) cover and 8, fig. 6.
Charles W. Stanford, Jr., Selections from British and American Painting and Sculpture (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), no. 25, illus. (b-w).
Wayne Craven, Sculpture in America (New York: 1968), 223, illus. fig. 7.3.
Wayne Craven, "The Index of American Sculpture: A new research archive," Antiques 94 (November 1968), 712-13, illus. (b-w) fig. 1.
19th-Century America: Paintings and Sculpture (exhibition catalogue) (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970), cat. no. 91, illus.
Clifford Amyx, "Henry Clay and the American State Portrait," The Kentucky Review 10, no. 3 (Autumn 1990), 62, illus. 63.
Jo Allen and Gil Leebrick, eds., Robert Lee Humber: A Collector Creates (exhibition catalogue) (Greenville, NC: The College of Arts and Sciences and The School of Art, East Carolina University, 1996), illus. (b-w) 41.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, "19th Century America," April 13-September 7, 1970, cat. no. 91, illus.
Greenville, NC, East Carolina University, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Robert Lee Humber: A Collector Creates, Nov. 11-23, 1996, cat. illus. (b-w) 41.
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