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    		• Huntington, Anna Vaughn Hyatt,
     
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    		• Roman Bronze Works,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Ludington, Sybil
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Carmel
     
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    Sybil Ludington's Ride, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Huntington, Anna Vaughn Hyatt, 1876-1973, sculptor.
    Roman Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    Sybil Ludington's Ride, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1960. Dedicated 1961.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: field stones.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 10 x 7 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 3 in. x 9 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On back:) Anna H. Huntington/Stanerigg 1960 (On plaque on front of base:) SYBIL LUDINGTON/REVOLUTIONARY WAR HEROINE/APRIL 26, 1777/CALLED OUT THE VOLUNTEER MILITIA BY RIDING/THROUGH THE NIGHT, ALONE ON HORSE BACK AT/THE AGE OF 16, ALERTING THE COUNTRYSIDE TO/THE BURNING OF DANBURY, CONN. BY THE BRITISH/PLACED BY/ENOCH CROSBY CHAPTER/D.A.R./PRESENTED BY/ANNA HYATT HUNTINGTON/1961 signed
    Description: 
    A portrait of the young Sybil Ludington seated side saddle atop her galloping horse, as she rides through the countryside calling out to warn the citizens of the burning of Danbury by the British. She holds the horse's reins with her proper left hand and holds a stick above her head with her proper right hand. The sculpture rests on a rectangular base made of field stones.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Revolution
    Portrait female -- Ludington, Sybil -- Full length
    Equestrian
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Carmel
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Putnam County, Carmel, New York
    Located Route 52, Carmel, New York
    Remarks: 
    Sybil Ludington was a sixteen-year old Putnam County girl who is known as the female Paul Revere because of her famous ride of April 26, 1777 through the dark countryside to alert those living in the outlying farms that the British were burning Danbury, Connecticut. The inscription on a nearby plaque reads: Sybil Ludington/rode horseback over this/road the night of April 26, 1777/to call out Colonel Ludington's regiment to/repel British at Danbury, Conn.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    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 76006427
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