Object Details
- Artist
- Daniel Huntington, 14 Oct 1816 - 18 Apr 1906
- Sitter
- Carl Schurz, 2 Mar 1829 - 14 May 1906
- Exhibition Label
- Born Erfstadt, Prussia (now Germany)
- While representing Missouri as a U.S. senator (1869–75), Carl Schurz began a crusade to reform the civil service, which he continued as secretary of the Department of the Interior (then located in this building) from 1877 to 1881. Schurz concentrated on eradicating widespread corruption that plagued the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He dismissed agents and traders who cheated Indigenous communities for personal gain and fended off the War Department’s efforts to acquire oversight of the bureau. Having immigrated to the United States in his youth, Schurz strongly believed in assimilation and promoted the acculturation of Native Americans through education, rather than forced removal to government reservations.
- Schurz later became active in the anti-imperialist movement. In opposition to expansionists such as Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt, he objected to the intervention of the United States in Cuba and the Philippines in 1898, warning that imperialism would be democracy’s downfall.
- Nacido en Erfstadt, Prusia (hoy Alemania)
- Siendo senador por Misuri (1869–75), Carl Schurz inició una cruzada para reformar el servicio civil, la cual continuó como secretario del Departamento del Interior (entonces ubicado en este edificio) de 1877 a 1881. Schurz se propuso erradicar la corrupción que plagaba a la Oficina de Asuntos Indígenas. Despidió a los agentes y tratantes que timaban a las comunidades nativas para beneficio propio y esquivó los esfuerzos del Departamento de Guerra por controlar la oficina. Habiendo migrado a EE.UU. en su juventud, Schurz era un firme partidario de la asimilación y promovía la aculturación de los nativos americanos a través de la educación, no del traslado forzoso a reservaciones del gobierno.
- Más tarde, Schurz estuvo activo en el movimiento antiimperialista. Opuesto a expansionistas como Henry Cabot Lodge y Theodore Roosevelt, objetó a la intervención de EE.UU. en Cuba y las Filipinas en 1898, advirtiendo que el imperialismo sería la ruina de la democracia.
- Provenance
- New York Chamber of Commerce; purchased 1980 NPG
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1899
- Object number
- NPG.81.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Frame: 162.2 × 136.8 × 12.1 cm (63 7/8 × 53 7/8 × 4 3/4")
- Stretcher: 126.7 × 101.6 × 2.2 cm (49 7/8 × 40 × 7/8")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900
- On View
- NPG, East Gallery 140
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
- Printed Material\Book
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
- Printed Material\Papers
- Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
- Carl Schurz: Male
- Carl Schurz: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Carl Schurz: Politics and Government\Statesman
- Carl Schurz: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Newspaper editor
- Carl Schurz: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\Secretary of Interior
- Carl Schurz: Politics and Government\Government official\US Senator\Missouri
- Carl Schurz: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister
- Carl Schurz: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Revolutionary
- Carl Schurz: Military and Intelligence\Soldier\Civil War\Union
- Carl Schurz: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.81.20
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d57ab271-d5b1-4788-a448-8739620b1a9a
