What is Edward Williams Clay?
[[File:Jimcrow.jpg|thumbnail|This is a [[cartoon]] of [[Jim Crow]] which was made by Edward Williams Clay. It was believed to be made around the year 1832 but the exact date is not known.]] '''Edward Williams Clay''' (April 17, 1799 – December 31, 1857)<ref name=LCP>{{cite web|title=Clay, E. W. (Edward W.)|url=http://lcpdams.librarycompany.org:8881/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79009&local_base=GEN01|work=Digital Collections|publisher=The Library Company of Philadelphia|accessdate=3 January 2014|archive-date=3 January 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140103191601/http://lcpdams.librarycompany.org:8881/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79009&local_base=GEN01|url-status=dead}}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] artist. He made a lot of different types of art. He made [[paintings]] and [[cartoon]]s. He was also a [[printmaker]].<ref name=AA>{{cite web|title=Biography for Edward Clay|url=http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/biography.aspx?artist=102272|work=Edward Williams Clay (1799 - 1857)|publisher=AskArt|accessdate=3 January 2014}}</ref> ==Early life== Edward Williams Clay was born in the year 1799. He was born in the city of [[Philadelphia]] in the state of [[Pennsylvania]] in the [[United States]]. His father was a [[sea captain]]. His name was Robert Clay. His mother was named Eliza Williams.<ref name=LCP/> Clay went to [[law school]]. He joined the [[Pennsylvania Bar Association]].<ref name=AA/> He became an [[engraver]] when he was in school.<ref name=LCP/> He didn't work as a lawyer very long. He decided to quit and become an artist for a living.<ref name=AA/> ==Work as an artist== Clay went to [[Europe]] during the years 1825 until 1828. He studied art there.<ref name=LCP/> After he came back to America, he made a collection of drawings called ''[[Life in Philadelphia]]''.<ref name=WDL1>{{cite web|title=Road to Philadelphy|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/9258/|work=The Library Company of Philadelphia|publisher=[[World Digital Library]]|accessdate=3 January 2014}}</ref> The drawings show [[ra