(Rampant Colt), (sculpture).

(Rampant Colt), (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

(Rampant Colt), (sculpture).

Gilded zinc alloy.

Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. 2 in. x 15 in. x 5 ft.; Base: approx. H. 7 ft.

A horse standing on its back legs. The horse has half of a broken spear in its mouth. The other half of the spear is balanced on the horse's raised front legs. The horse currently stands on a seven foot high columned platform.

Animal -- Horse

Object -- Weapon -- Spear

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford

On loan to Museum of Connecticut History, 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06106

Lent by Tillou, Peter, Litchfield, Connecticut

Formerly located Colt Armory, 55 Van Dyke Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 1886-1990.

From 1886 to 1990 the gilded horse stood on the onion dome of the Colt Armory in Hartford where the legendary Colt firearms were manufactured. The horse was incorporated into the Colt family crest and become a well known industrial trademark in the 19th century. It has since been adapted by the City of Hartford as their symbol. In 1990, the deteriorated horse was removed from the dome and sold to collector Peter Tillou for $500,000. IAS files contain related articles from the Hartford Courant (CT), Jan. 17, 1994, pg. C15; Dec. 17, 1993, pg. C6; Dec. 14, 1993, pg. C1; Aug.20, 1993, pg. C1; and Feb. 14, 1993, pg. A1. For related information see: Ellsworth S. Grant, "Yankee Dreamers and Doers," (Chester, CT:) Pequot Press, 1973, pg. 187-198; and Marion Hepburn Grant, "In and About Hartford-Tours and Tales," (Hartford, CT:) Connecticut Historical Society, 1978, pg. 130-132.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.

Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), Feb. 14, 1993, pg. A1.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

Control Number:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

Powered by SirsiDynix

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact

SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System