Moments in Kentucky
Legislative History

Presented by the Kentucky Historical Society

Henry Clay Portrait

Resolution No. 51, passed in 1865, provided that a commission be appointed “to contract with some competent artist for a life-size portrait of Henry Clay, to be placed in the Senate Chamber.”

Conservator Bob Lodge works on portrait of Henry Clay

Conservator Bob Lodge worked on the portrait of Henry Clay by William Frye, ca. 1865, in the Old State Capitol as part of the Saving America's Treasures grant from the National Park Service in 2004. KHS Collections.

Kentucky Unbridled Spirit

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