Black Hawk Horse Weathervane Pattern

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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

Date

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

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Animal\horse

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk761c96a61-a8cd-41cf-983a-ece37948fdf6

Record ID

saam_1986.65.358