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Keywords: Henry Clay Senate3.jpg Assessments 1 1 Henry Clay Senate 1 This engraving depicts the Golden Age of the United States Senate in the Old Senate Chamber site of many of the institution's most memorable events Here Henry Clay the Great Compromiser introduces the Compromise of 1850 in his last significant act as a senator In a desperate attempt to prevent war from erupting the Great Triumvirate of Daniel Webster of Massachusetts John C Calhoun of South Carolina and Clay of Kentucky struggled to balance the interests of the North South and West This image shows all three men with Clay at center stage presenting his compromise to the Senate Daniel Webster is seated to the left of Clay and John C Calhoun to the left of the Speaker's chair c 1855 object history exhibition history credit line DRAWN BY P F ROTHERMEL Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by John M Butler and Alfred Long in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United states in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ENGRAVED BY R WHITECHURCH THE UNITED STATES SENATE A D 1850 This Engraving from the Original Picture is respectfully dedicated to the People of the United States by the Publishers John M Butler and Alfred Long 84 CHESTNUT ST PHILADELPHIA PA accession number LOC-image ppmsca 09398 place of creation Published Philadelphia Pa John M Butler and Alfred Long c1855 The United States Senate A D 1850 by Peter F Rothermel jpg 150 Other versions all based on the same full resolution image from the Library of Congress <gallery widths 120 heights 95 > File The United States Senate A D 1850 by Peter F Rothermel jpg Full resolution original image from LOC File The United States Senate A D 1850 by Peter F Rothermel crop2 jpg Full resolution cropped to image </gallery> Also see Category The United States Senate A D 1850 by Peter F Rothermel Shadow/highlight adjustment Colors balanced and partial desaturation Durova Henry Clay Senate2 jpg PD-old-100-1923 Featured pictures of Washington D C The United States Senate A D 1850 by Peter F Rothermel
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