Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
Search Images
About
Keyword
Browse
Combined
Highlights
Search History
All Catalogs
Search:
Artist Browse
Title Browse
Subject Browse
Object Type Browse
Owner Browse
Refine Search
Return to results
> You are only searching:
Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
Who else has...
Moorehouse, Terry,
Recreation -- Leisure
Portrait male -- Coryell, Emanuel
Portrait female -- Teall, Elmira
Occupation -- Law
History -- United States
Figure group
Architecture -- Commercial
Relief
Sculpture
Chemung Valley of the Big Horn, (sculpture).
Artist:
Moorehouse
,
Terry
,
1944-
,
sculptor
.
Title:
Chemung Valley of the Big Horn, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Teall's Tavern, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated April 16, 1975.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Industrial muffler steel cement.
Dimensions:
Approx. Diam. 10 ft.
Inscription:
(Around top edge of sculpture:) CHEMUNG - VALLEY OF THE BIG HORN (On plaque in tavern:) BLACK HORSE TAVERN/Prop. Nathan Teal signed
Description:
Round alto-relief sculpture depicting pioneer citizens of the town in 1798 when Judge Emanuel Coryell proposed that the city be named for six-year-old Elmira Teall. The judge, with the little girl on his lap, is seated and surrounded by men, women and children at Teall Tavern. Many of the figures have tankards in their hands. Several of the figures are seated at a large table in the Tavern. The hangs on a wall in building lobby.
Subject:
Recreation -- Leisure -- Eating & Drinking
Portrait male -- Coryell, Emanuel -- Full length
Portrait female -- Teall, Elmira -- Full length
Occupation -- Law -- Judge
History -- United States -- New York
Figure group
Architecture -- Commercial -- Tavern
Object Type:
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Chemung County, 203 Lake Street, Elmira, New York 14901
Located Hazlett Building, Elmira, New York
Remarks:
The sculpture was a gift to the county from David Mandeville in commemoration of the Bicentennial. IAS files contain copy of related article from The Chemung Historical Journal, Vol. 20, No. 4, pg. 5.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS NY000898
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NY000898
Add Copy to MyList
Format:
HTML
Plain text
Delimited
Subject:
Email to:
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
About
| © 2020 Smithsonian |
Terms of Use
|
Privacy
|
Contact