Smithsonian American Art Museum
Black Hawk Horse Weathervane Pattern
Henry Leach, born New Milford, PA 1809-died Montrose, PA 1885 · 1871-1872
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)
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