Amon Carter print details
A scratched black-and-white photograph of a wooden cross marking a burial site, surrounded by leafless trees on a dirt hill.

Burial Place of Son of Henry Clay in Mexico

Unknown

Object Details

  • Date

    1847

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Daguerreotype

  • Object Formats

    Uncased plate, 1/6 plate

  • Dimensions

    Image: 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.
    Plate: 2 11/16 x 3 1/4 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Plate Recto:

    [stamp]: SCOVILL'S

    Plate Verso:

    [paper label]: Burial Place of son of/Henry Clay in Mexico

    l.r. in graphite: Landscape # 2 \ Burial place...

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1981.65.40

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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