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There are an enormous number of portraits from various periods in the Speed museums.\u00a0 Artists then, as now had to work on commissions, and one they avoided poverty was doing portraits of rich women and men.\u00a0 Even\u00a0 painters\u00a0 as\u00a0 famous\u00a0 as\u00a0 Gainsborough\u00a0 had\u00a0 to\u00a0 do\u00a0 this.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Some very famous portraits have been done in Kentucky, for instance of the great statesman\u2013 Henry Clay. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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But an even more famous native son of Kentucky was Abraham Lincoln born and raised here, and married to Mary Todd of Lexington.\u00a0 Here are some very famous renderings of him in various medium, including the very last portrait done of Lincoln before he was killed in April of 1865.<\/p>\n

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Lincoln was a long time friend of the Speed family of Louisville, and visited them on various occasions. There house was on the edge of Louisville off old Bardstown road.<\/p>\n

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Above is the Speed family. \"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are an enormous number of portraits from various periods in the Speed museums.\u00a0 Artists then, as now had to work on commissions, and one they avoided poverty was doing portraits of rich women and men.\u00a0 Even\u00a0 painters\u00a0 as\u00a0 famous\u00a0 as\u00a0 Gainsborough\u00a0 had\u00a0 to\u00a0 do\u00a0 this. 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