A Painting of George Washington

By Mariana

Have you ever been to Henry Clay’s home? If you haven’t, you’d better get your listening ears on, because the Picadome students went there and learned a lot about this famous portrait. This is a painting of George Washington with his wife, Martha. It is a very large oil painting, and it hangs on one wall in Henry Clay’s parlor. The painting was a gift to Henry Clay and his wife. This is not the only painting that Henry Clay had in his home. There were paintings and portraits in every room!

Although we still have paintings and portraits, most people have photographs hanging on the walls of their home because we have cameras now. This is a much cheaper way to remember our loved ones.

Portraits

by Darius

Do your parents have a lot of photographs of you hanging on the walls of your house? In Henry Clay’s home, there were no photographs at all. When Henry Clay was alive cameras didn’t even exist. Instead, people had portraits painted of their loved ones. Portraits were usually very expensive. Henry Clay had at least three portraits hanging in every room of his mansion. He must have had a lot of money. The portrait in this picture is of Henry Clay’s son.

Today portraits are still expensive, but that’s no problem. Today we can take all the pictures that we want with a camera and send them to Wal-mart. Then, we pick out a couple to take home to have a picture of any thing we want. We can maximize it and hang it on our walls at home.