Collection Highlights
Euphemia Toussaint (1815-1829)
ca. 1825
1920.6
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Sculpture
Horatio Seymour (1810-1886)
Title
Horatio Seymour (1810-1886)
Date
1846
Medium
Plaster cameo and wax mold in leather jewelry case
Dimensions
Overall: 1 7/8 x 1 5/16 x 7/16 in. ( 4.8 x 3.3 x 1.1 cm )
Description
Bas-relief portrait.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Charles Stebbins Fairchild
Object Number
1926.53a-c
Marks
paper label: in box: "Cameo likeness of Horatio Seymour of W... N. York cut by Erastus Doer Palmer of Albany N. York Finished October 10, 1846 from Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild of Cazonovia N. Y. For the Horatio Seymour collection. N.Y. Historical Society 1926"
Gallery Label
Seymour was born at Pompey Hill, Onondaga County, New York, the son of Henry Seymour and Mary (Forman) Seymour. He studied law in Utica and was admitted to the bar in 1832. He immediately entered the state political arena and served as mayor of Utica and in the state assembly where he was instrumental in the passage of the Erie Canal legislation. He was elected governor of the state in 1852 and 1862, and in 1868 he was the Democratic candidate for the presidency, but lost to Ulysses S. Grant.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
