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Lot 293

Sale 6431 - American Historical Ephemera & Early Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 11, 2025
Lots Close
Nov 24, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 - 600
Price Realized
$244
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

[CLAY, Henry (1777-1852) & WEBSTER, Daniel (1782-1852)]. Group of CDVs featuring the Whig statesmen.

2 different CDV formats of the same portrait of Henry CLAY by Mathew Brady, including an oval portrait with mat identifying the subject and photographer. Each with copyright statement on mount recto, one dated 1861 and the other 1862. Each with publisher's imprint and Brady negative credit on verso. -- Together with 4 CDVs of prominent Whig Party statesmen, including 2 additional formats of Clay, Daniel Webster, and a contrived group portrait of The Great Triumvirate: Clay, Webster, and John C. Calhoun, with photographers variably identified on mount recto and on verso via backmarks.

Estate of David O'Reilly, Old Bridge, New Jersey

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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