Keffer Collection of Sheet Music, ca. 1790-1895 Content and design by John Bewley

Edward W. Clay was born in Philadelphia April 19, 1799. He was admitted to the bar March 12, 1825 but pursued a career in art rather than one in law. His early works in Philadelphia were engraved by C. G. Childs and lithographed by Imbert. In 1837 Clay moved to New York where he worked with the Pendleton lithography company. By 1854 Clay's eyesight was failing so he took a job as register of the Court of Chancery and Clerk of the Orphans' Court of Delaware. Clay died December 31, 1857 in New York and was buried in the Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia.

Illustrations by Edward W. Clay in the Collection

Item No.	Title	Imprint	Plate No.	Illustration	Thumbnail Image
Box 30 no. 24	The Hazel Eye : a ballad / written by F. W. N. Bayley ; composed by G. A. Hodson	New York : Hewitt, 1832	None	A woman seated at a table / Clay, delt. ; Lith. of Pendleton