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Erastus Dow Palmer
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or ERASTUS DOW PALMER (1817-1904), American sculptor, was born at Pompey, New York, on the 2nd of April 1817. In his leisure moments as a carpenter he started by carving portraits in cameo, and then began to model in clay with much success. Among his works are: "The White Captive" (1858) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; "Peace in Bondage" (1863); "Angel at the Sepulchre" (1865), Albany, New York; a bronze statue of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston (1874), in Statuary Hall, Capitol, Washington; and many portrait busts. He died in Albany on the 9th of March 1904. His son, Walter Launt Palmer (b. 1854), who studied art under Carolus-Duran in Paris, became a member of the National Academy of Design (1897), and is best known for his painting of snow scenes.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Erastus Dow Palmer'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/e/erastus-dow-palmer.html. 1910.
