William Seward and Harriet Tubman Statue (Schenectady, New York)

Photograph of the William Seward and Harriet Tubman Statue outside the Schenectady Public Library in Schenectady, New York. View of the plaza in front of the library .

Photograph of the William Seward and Harriet Tubman Statue outside the Schenectady Public Library in Schenectady, New York. Figures stand on a large boulder.

Photograph of the William Seward and Harriet Tubman Statue outside the Schenectady Public Library in Schenectady, New York. Back view of the monument.

Dublin Core

Title

William Seward and Harriet Tubman Statue (Schenectady, New York)

Subject

Subject (Topic)
Antislavery movements--United States
New York--Schenectady
Public art
Public sculpture
Underground Railroad

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

Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

Description

Placed outside the Schenectady County Public Library, a life-size statue of William Seward and Harriet Tubman stand 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 simple long dress. Draped across her chest is a sack with the end of a revolver visible.

Creator

Benedict, Dexter, 1944-

Source

Photographs by Renée Ater

Date

May 17, 2019

Contributor

Board of Trustees of the Schenectady County Public Library; and Community Members: Virginia and Frank Wicks; Carl George; Anita Paul and David Gerhan; Jim and Jean Underwood; Linda Patrik and David Kaczynski; Twitty and Constance Styles; Cara Molyneaux; Arnold Seiken; Roger Hull; Brian and Judith Merriam; Robert Ringlee; Miriam Butzel; Butzel Family Foundation; Norman Maender; David and Jean Cossey; Carmela St George; Barbara Armstrong and Robert Coppola; Rhonda Becker; Anastasia Pease; Eshragh Motahar; Paul and Christina Friedman; Katherine Lynes; Roger and Seneca Hoerl; Karen and Rodney Crosby; David and Ann Songayllo Hannay; Cherrice Traver; Jonathan and Rachel Marr; Marsha and Leonard Mortimore; James and Jean McLaughlin; Andrea Worthington and Robert Olberg; Kesheng Yu; Paul Wehrum; Barry Kramer; Rebecca Koopman; Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara; Ted Vinick; Becky Cortez; Martha Huggins and Malcolm Willison; Faith and Dexter Benedict; Mary and Phillip Lyford; Clifford Brown; Caroline Bardwell; Margaret Craven Snowden, M.D.; Nancy Papish; Julie Pieper-Hemmings; Senator James Tedisco; Charles and Linda Becker; Charles and Marianne Szuberla; Patricia and Keith Barneyl; Wayne and Amy Brule; Jim and Cei Mack; Martin and Sharon Strosberg; Mary O’Keeffe; Margo and James Strosberg, M.D.; Peter and Judy Nocera; Mary and Thomas Werner; Michele and Randall Collins; Donald O. Reid; Darren and Lisa Tracy; West Branch Engineering and Consulting; Philip and Jo Ann Adams; Kenneth Baker; Marcia M. Steiner; Nicholas C. Barber; Carmel Patrick; Alden and Gay Doolittle; Betty Pieper; Robert McEvoy; Joe Spedafora; Linda Patrik and David Kaczynski; Matthew George; Brian Reh; Anita Paul; Susan and Gustave Davis, M.D.; Lek and James Meyer; Laura Lee; First Reformed Church of Schenectady; Wicks Family; Jim and Carol McCord; Capital District Civil War Round Table; Jonathan R. Miller (in memory of Aaron Rees ’95); Kathleen Pierone; Ann M. Cole; Professional Women; Schenectady County Historical Society; Hugh and Vaughn Nevin; John Polimeni; John and Lucy Halstead; Kim and Gary Mabee; Naomi Bristol; Lois and Richardson Atkinson; Brendan Degan Weingarten Savage; Henry M. Butzel Family Foundation; Lidia Pasamanick; The Honorable Richard and Bernice Russo; Touhey Family Foundation; John and Margaret Watraus; Susan Savage; Daniel and Shari Grygas; David Gerhan and Anita Paul; Deborah LaFond; Betty Carol Barlyn; Willie Terry; Mario Salerno; Philip Hilferty; Lewis and Irene Greenstein; Kim Scheverman; Arnold and Ione Seiken; David and Karen Bradley; David Kaczynski and Linda Patrik; The Brockbank Family; Estate of Marjorie Kenney (in Memory of Alice P Kenney); William Keat; Eric Bersch; Liz Paul and Paul John; Rene and William Curtin; Steve Rockwell; Jean Libby; The Reverend Ruby J. Smith; Dr Nancy D. Fitzroy; Janis Polishook; L. William Davis; Dr Walter and Anne Robb; Bradley and Catherine Lewis; Christopher Gardner; Kathleen LoGiudice and John Blanchard; Christopher Leonard; Philip M. Williamson; Jean Hayden Hutchins (in Memory of Dr Charles Steinmetz); Eric and Kent Johnson (in Memory of Mayor Karen Johnson); and The Wicks Family (in Memory of Dr Rollo and Hazel Wicks).

Rights

Unknown

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Coverage

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

Has Part

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

References

Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

Medium

Bronze; Mohawk Valley ordovician dolostone

Bibliographic Citation

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.

Rights Holder

Renée Ater

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Sculpture

Physical Dimensions