# Moses Seymour Jr.

- By: Ralph Earl (American, 1751–1801)
- Date: 1789
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- 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.)
- Culture: United States
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. George S. Lockwood Jr. in loving memory of her husband
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.285)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.285/2003.285_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.