Oneida Stone, Utica Cemetery
Artist
Seth Eastman
(American, 1808 - 1875)
Datebefore 1855
MediumWatercolor with pen and ink and graphite on paper
DimensionsOverall: 9 11/16 x 12 7/8in. (24.6 x 32.7cm)
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2004.5
Descriptionlandscape view (imaginary?) of Oneida Stone installed on mound in Utica cemetary.On View
Not on viewCollections
CopyrightNo known copyright restrictions.
Label TextSeth Eastman, an artist and member of the US Army, made this drawing for a government report about Native peoples. The word “Oneida” means “People of the Standing Stone,” referring to the stones that marked the nation’s villages. Eastman depicts two Oneida individuals near one such Oneida Stone. It was moved to Utica in the mid-1800s and remained in Forest Hill Cemetery until 1974, when it was
returned to the Oneida Indian Nation.
