Object Details
- Attributed to
- Henry Leach, born New Milford, PA 1809-died Montrose, PA 1885
- Luce Center Label
- Henry Leach probably based this design on an early lithographic portrait of the racehorse Black Hawk, a popular winner of the 1840s and subject of many weather vanes. The manufacturer L. W. Cushing and Sons used this wooden pattern to create a hollow iron mold, from which many copper vanes could be produced. (Lynda Hartigan, Made with Passion, 1990)
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- 1871-1872
- Object number
- 1986.65.358
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Folk Art
- Medium
- carved and painted wood
- Dimensions
- 22 x 34 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. (55.9 x 87.6 x 9.3 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, East Wing
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Animal\horse
- Record ID
- saam_1986.65.358
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk761c96a61-a8cd-41cf-983a-ece37948fdf6
