Horace Greeley - New York City, NY - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Located near New York City Hall, this 1890 bronze sculpture was originally located at the Tribune Building at Spruce and Nassau Streets. It was relocated here in 1915.
The Inventory has this succinct and apt description:

"Greeley is depicted seated in an armchair which has long tassels along the edge of the seat. Greeley leans forward and tilts his head slightly. A copy of his newspaper, the New York Tribune, is held in his proper right hand and rests against his proper right knee."
The piece is not directly accessible as it is located behind a gate.

The sculptor is John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910). Ward is most famous for his oversized Wall Street sculpture of George Washington. He has several other works throughout Manhattan. Read more about him at (visit link)
The subject, Horace Greeley, was Publisher of the New York Tribune...the very influential newspaper from the 1840s to 1870s. Wikipedia (visit link)
"Greeley used it to promote the Whig and Republican parties, as well as opposition to slavery and a host of reforms ranging from vegetarianism to socialism.

Crusading against the corruption of Ulysses S. Grant's Republican administration, he was the new Liberal Republican Party's candidate in the 1872 U.S. presidential election. Despite having the additional support of the Democratic Party, he lost in a landslide. He is currently the only presidential candidate to have died prior to the counting of electoral votes."

TITLE: Horace Greeley ARTIST(S): John Quincy Adams Ward DATE: 1890 MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 77006755 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: in New York City's City Hall Park. DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: no differences noted

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