Black Hawk Horse Weathervane Pattern

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

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Object Details

Attributed to
Henry Leach, born New Milford, PA 1809-died Montrose, PA 1885
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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.)
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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
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk761c96a61-a8cd-41cf-983a-ece37948fdf6
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