Art, literature & history
Moses Seymour Jr.
1789
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 139.4 x 108.6 x 5.2 cm (54 7/8 x 42 3/4 x 2 1/16 in.); Unframed: 120.7 x 90.2 cm (47 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2003.285
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Ralph Earl. Moses Seymour Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
About this artwork
Moses Seymour Jr. — Ralph Earl. 1789.
Medium: oil on canvas. Dimensions: Framed: 139.4 x 108.6 x 5.2 cm (54 7/8 x 42 3/4 x 2 1/16 in.); Unframed: 120.7 x 90.2 cm (47 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.).
Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.