PALMER, Erastus Dow  (1817-1904) sculptor, cameo cutter,
          patternmaker.
          Born Pompey, near Syracuse, New York, 2 April 1817.
          Many of his famous statues in permanent collections:
          Livingstone in Capitol, Washington, DC; Washington 
          Irving, New-York Historical Society; White Captive,
          Metropolitan Museum of Art
          Died Albany, New York, 9 March 1904.

          R   E   L   I   E   F   S

1851 Spirit’s Flight (The) Medallion Relief (replicated by H.K.
          Brown, see below) . . . . . . . . .
1866 Mercy Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1867 Good Morning! Bas-relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

          R  E  P  L  I  C  A  S    &    R  E  I  S  S  U  E  S  

1854ca Spirit’s Flight (The) Medallion Relief (original by E.D.
          Palmer, replicated by Henry Kirke Brown). . . . . . . . . . .
          Exhibited: Library of Congress Dream of Flight, 2003-2004
          Photo: Library of Congress P&P (see archives below)

           A  R C  H   I  V  E  S

AAA Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1 item on patial microfilm reel      3470.              
PPOC Library of Congress Department of Prints and Photographs, The Spirit’s Flight:
          daguerreotype no. 1061; Reproduction Number LC-USZ6-1960 (b&w film).

          B I O G R A P I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

D6  {1926} Fielding, p 268, 502.
D10 {1957} Groce and Wallace, p 484-485.
A18 {1968} Craven, passim.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 692.
AE1 {1988} Falk, 1:160.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 3:2510.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 10:825.