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Untitled, (sculpture). Artist:  Honig, George H., b. 1881, sculptor. Title:  Untitled, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Barter System Plaque, (sculpture). Dates:  1928. Dedicated Feb. 28, 1928. Medium:  Relief plaque: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Relief plaque: approx. H. 18 in. x W. 12 in.; Marker: approx. 7 ft. 4 in. x 34 in. x 16 in. Inscription:  (Relief plaque, raised lettering:) 1821-1826/GENERAL STORE OF/BASYE/STOOD NEAR THIS SITE/A.B.LINCOLN OFTEN TRADED HERE/TAYLOR BASYE CARRIED/$300 WORTH OF STOCK./CALICO-SUGAR-COFFEE/AMMUNITION-SADDLES/LEATHER HARNESS-ETC./EXCHANGED WARES FOR/FURS-SKINS-FEATHERS/PRODUCE SHIPPED AT STAT-/ED SEASONS TO MARKET (Plaque on lower marker, raised lettering:) ABRAHAM LINCOLN/TRAVELED THIS WAY/1821-1830/VISITING AND READING AT/TAYLOR BAYE'S (sic) STORE/-ON CORNER WEST OF THIS SITE-/FIRST CHURCH AND LAMAR CEMETERY/STOOD ABOUT HALF MILE N. AND WEST/OF ROAD.FIRST SCHOOL WAS NEAR BY/JONATHAN PROSSER TAUGHT SCHOOL/HERE AND NEAR THE LINCOLN FARM/DEDICATED FEB. 12, 1928/BY THE LINCOLN TRAIL CLUB (Metal plaque on rear of marker:) NEW HOPE/UNITED BRETHREN/CHURCH/ORGANIZED 1877 BY/REV. Z. B. ELLEGE/CHURCH ERECTED 1879/(list of charter members)/1928 REV. A.B. CONDO unsigned Description:  A rectangular, bronze relief plaque mounted on the face of a concrete marker depicts trading activities at Taylor Basye's pioneer store in 1820s Indiana. The store is a rough log cabin set in a clearing, with barrels lying about. A man wearing a hat sits in the left foreground, while a group of people on the right, including a woman, engage in trade in front of the store. Subject:  Figure group Occupation -- Vendor Cityscape -- Indiana Architecture -- Commercial -- General Store of Basye Architecture -- Commercial -- Store Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Grandview Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by New Hope Cemetery Association, State Route 66, Grandview, Indiana 47615 Located New Hope Cemetery, State Route 66, northeast of Grandview, Grandview, Indiana Remarks:  Abraham Lincoln reportedly traded at Taylor Basye's pioneer general store, which stood near the site from 1821 to 1826. The plaque was erected by the Lincoln Trail Club. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993. 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 IN000802   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000802 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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