Ethan Allen

Sculpture

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Ethan Allen

Entry/Object ID

1942.17

Description

Roughly carved wooden statue of a man in the act of pulling his sworn from its scabbard. The man has a cloak draped over his right shoulder, hanging to the floor and wrapping around his left leg. He is wearing a double-breasted coat with an epaulet on his left shoulder. The figure is on an oval base with the name, "H. M. Abrams" written in pencil on the bottom.

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood

Subject Person

Allen, Ethan (1738-1789)

Context

Carved by Horace M. Abrams of Arlington, Vermont, using wood from a tree that grew near Ethan Allen's home site.

Acquisition

Accession

1942.17

Source or Donor

Canfield, Nathaniel M.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Canfield, Miss Hermione H.

Made/Created

Artist

Abrams, Horace Mills (1894-1960)

Place

Town

Arlington

County

Bennington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Statue

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

9-1/2 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Diameter

2 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Kinne, Benjamin Harris