Administered by City of Seattle Seattle Arts Commission 312 1st Avenue North Seattle Washington 98109
Located Volunteer Park Traffic circle in front of Conservancy Seattle Washington
Date:
1908-1909. Installed 1909
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, WA2015, 1989.
Monumental News, July 1908, pg. 515.
Image on file.
Rupp, James M., "Art in Seattle's Public Places," Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 288.
(Front of base:) WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD/PATRIOT AND STATESMAN AS GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK/UNITED STATES SENATOR/AND SECRETARY OF STATE/GAVE TO THE PEOPLE OF/THIS COUNTRY/A LONG AND USEFUL LIFE CULMINATING/IN HIS PURCHASE FOR THEM OF/THE TERRITORY OF (inscription illegible)/ERECTED BY CITIZENS OF SEATTLE 1909 (Plaque on proper left side, near the bottom of base:) AS WAR HAS HITHER TO DEFACED/AND SADDENED THE ATLANTIC WORLD/THE BETTER PASSION OF MANKIND/WILL SOON HAVE THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN/THE NEW THEATER OF HUMAN ACTIVITY/WILLIAM H. SEWARD IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE JULY 29, 1852 (Plaque on proper right side, near bottom of base:) THE PACIFIC OCEAN ITS SHORES/ITS ISLANDS AND THE VAST REGIONS BEYOND/WILL BECOME THE CHIEF THEATRE OF EVENTS/IN THE WORLDS GREAT HEREAFTER/WILLIAM H. SEWARD IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE JULY 29, 1852 unsigned
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Summary:
William H. Seward stands atop a high stone pedestal facing south. He holds a scroll in his proper left arm. He stands in front of a large globe, and pile of pine boughs and cones. His proper left leg is slightly bent and forward. Bronze plaques on base include quotes from Seward; and on rear, plaque of eagle and shield.
