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US Senate A.D. 1850 by Peter F. Rothermel (1855)
This engraving depicts the Golden Age of the U. S. 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.

The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. This photograph of the work is also in the public domain in the United States (see Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.).

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(del) (cur) 19:52, 12 November 2006 . . Rjensen (Talk | contribs) . . 640×519 (51,564 bytes) (source: scanned from paper copy US Senate A.D. 1850 by Peter F. Rothermel (1855) This US 1850 engraving depicts the "Great Triumvirate," of Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, and Henry Clay of Kentucky, with Clay at center)
(del) (rev) 12:10, 29 January 2006 . . Hike395 (Talk | contribs) . . 640×519 (65,262 bytes) (Higher resolution image of Rothermel print from the Library of Congress. Source URL: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3j00149)))
(del) (rev) 01:09, 9 December 2003 . . Jiang (Talk | contribs) . . 275×219 (34,672 bytes) ('''US Senate A.D. 1850''' by Peter F. Rothermel (1855)<br> This engraving depicts the Golden Age of the U. S. Senate in the Old Senate Chamber, site of many of the institution's most memorable events. Here, Henry Clay, "the Great Compromiser," int)