Weathervane depicting General George B. McClellan (1826-1885) on a Horse
Unknown American, American
about 1865
Zinc and hammered copper
Overall: 23 7/8 × 26 1/4 × 3 in. (60.6 × 66.7 × 7.6 cm)
Base: 1 7/8 × 25 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (4.8 × 65.7 × 14.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
S.935.1.112
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Exhibition History
American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 9-December 9, 2007.
Portraits at Dartmouth, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 10-April 16, 1978.
Publication History
Arthur R. Blumenthal, Portraits at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1978, p. 68, no. 62.
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 117, no. 90.
Provenance
Found in Pennsylvania, 2nd half of the 19th century; Downtown Gallery, New York; sold to Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948), New York, June 17, 1932; given to present collection, 1935.
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