William Seward and Harriet Tubman Statue (Schenectady, NY)

William Seward and Harriet Tubman Statue (Schenectady, NY)

Subject (Topic)
Antislavery movements--United States
Northeastern United States
Public art
Public sculpture
Underground Railroad

Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

Life-size statue of William Seward and Harriet Tubman standing on Mohawk Valley ordovician dolostone inside a garden bed. Seward stands with a cane in his right hand and his left arm around the back of Tubman. He wears nineteenth-century clothing including a jacket, vest, and pants. Tubman gestures with her right hand and carries a walking stick in her left hand. She wears a bodice and skirt. Draped across her chest is a sack with the end of a revolver visible.

Benedict, Dexter

Photographs by Renée Ater

Dedication: May 17, 2019

Board of Trustees of the Schenectady County Public Library; Frank Wicks, Carl George, and Twitty Styles of Union College; and Community Members (for a complete donor list, see https://www.tubmansewardstatue.org/.)

Unsure

JPEG

English

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Karen B. Johnson Schenectady County Public Library, 99 Clinton Street, Schenectady, New York, 12305, United States

Bronze plaque:
William Seward 1801-1872
Harriet Tubman 1822-1913
Leaders Freedom Diversity Friendship
"By the People for the People"
Abraham Lincoln
Mohawk Valley Ordovician Dolostone
2019
Sculptor/Caster Dexter Benedict

Unknown

Bronze; Mohawk Valley ordovician dolostone

Williams, Stephen. "Statue of Tubman and Seward Unveiled at Library." The Daily Gazette News, May 17, 2019. Accessed September 30, 2019. https://dailygazette.com/article/2019/05/17/statue-of-tubman-and-seward-unveiled-at-library.

Renée Ater

Sculpture

Unknown