I photographed the ornate tombs of both William and Frances Seward just as the early morning sun brushed the ornate urns atop them. Seward commissioned Emanuel Leutze, who created the iconic painting “George Washington Crossing the Delaware,” to design the urn at right, honoring his wife. Leutze’s paintings also hang in the Seward House, including one that depicts Seward negotiating the purchase of Alaska in 1867.