Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836), wearing buckskin, plaster, 1898 or 1903

Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836), wearing buckskin, plaster, 1898 or 1903

Gallery Two, Texas Gallery

Known as “The Father of Texas,” Stephen F. Austin brought the first 300 immigrant families to Texas to populate his settlement, the Austin Colony, in 1825; these families became known as the Old Three Hundred. In 1836, he was appointed by Sam Houston as the first secretary of state of the Republic of Texas, but he died after two months in office. Ney's 1893 and 1903 busts are variations on the full-size figure of Austin. Ney made at least six casts of Austin in buckskin—one for display at the St. Louis World’s Fair and the others for potential sale.

Ney, Elisabet, 1833-1907

Elisabet Ney Museum: https://www.austintexas.gov/department/elisabet-ney-museum

1893 or 1903

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