Casting

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Casting

Entry/Object ID

1995.44.2

Description

Plaster cast of a panther print, painted dark red. On the back of the casting is a piece of masking tape with the inscription, "1934 Chester, Vt. - original is in the Bennington, Vt. museum."

Context

Duplicate of plaster cast made from footprints at Grafton Gulf, December 1934, by Rev. William J. Ballou. The original is held in the Bennington Museum.

Acquisition

Accession

1995.44

Source or Donor

Hitchcock, Harold B.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Bennington Museum

Place

City

Bennington

County

Bennington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Casting

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

1 in

Width

5-1/4 in

Length

6-1/4 in

Material

Plaster, Paint

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ballou, William J.

Related Places

Place

Town

Grafton

County

Windham County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Web Links and URLs

"Will's Panther Club" : Reverend William J. Ballou, the Irrepressible and Uncompromising Order of Pantherites, and the Chester, Vermont, catamount-sighting controversy, 1934-1936 / by Thomas L. Altherr.