Moses Seymour Jr.
1789
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 120.7 × 90.2 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-110185
Seen here at the age of 15, Moses Seymour Jr. holds a book and cane, suggesting that he reads and walks in harmony with nature. The portrait was commissioned by his father, a former Revolutionary War major who lived in Litchfield, Connecticut. Artist Ralph Earl was the leading painter in the Connecticut River Valley, returning there after receiving training in London.
Provenance
in loving memory of her husband, 2003.285
Registry history
- 1789 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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