Thank you Janean for sharing this information regarding the portrait of Henry Clay.   Henry Clay was a first cousin of my gggg grandmother Mary Clay (1777-1860), daughter of Edward Clay & Magdalene Trabue.    Mary Clay married first to John Dameron and second to Wiliam Gold.  My line extends from John Dameron & Mary Clay through their daughter Patsy Dupuy Dameron who married her first cousin Alexander Morehead Dameron.   The Dameron family stems from Lawrence Dameron who settled in Northumberland Co., VA in the 1650's.    For anyone interested in  quick synopsis of Henry Clay, they may check this Wiki biography link:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay   Thanks.   David     --- On Sun, 4/3/11, Janean Ray <[email protected]> wrote: From: Janean Ray <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Fwd: Chinn Discovery To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, April 3, 2011, 11:04 AM July 15, 2009 FORT WORTH, TX.- When The Illustrious Guest (1847) appeared on the PBS program Antiques Roadshow earlier this year, appraiser Alan Fausel of the Bonhams auction house said the painting "could hang in a museum." Now it is on display. The 19th-century painting by James Henry Beard depicts legendary Kentucky statesman Henry Clay (1777-1852) as a guest at a country tavern while on the campaign trail. The work is on long-term loan to the Amon Carter Museum by a private collector.