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Berkshire Volunteer Patriots in Bennington Battle, (sculpture). Artist:  Huff, William Gordon, 1903- , sculptor. Title:  Berkshire Volunteer Patriots in Bennington Battle, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1931. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 35 x 47.5 x 1.5 in.; Base: approx. 66 x 59 x 21 in. Inscription:  W. G. Huff (On lower horizontal frame of relief:) PARSON THOS. ALLEN, COL. JOAB STAFFORD, COL. BENJ. SIMONDS, COL. DAVID ROSSITER, STOCKBRIDGE INDIANS signed Description:  Bas-relief depicts American patriots participating in the Battle of Bennington. The principal figures are in the foreground above the incised inscriptions of their names. The remaining soldiers march with their rifles on their proper right shoulders toward a wooded area. A pair of Indians and another soldier are seen running on the far right of the relief. Subject:  History -- United States -- Revolution History -- United States -- Battle of Bennington Portrait male -- Allen, Thomas -- Full length Portrait male -- Stafford, Joab -- Full length Portrait male -- Simonds, Benjamin -- Full length Portrait male -- Rossiter, David -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Occupation -- Military -- Colonel Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Ethnic -- Indian -- Stockbridge Indians Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Wallomsac Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of New York, New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Saratoga Springs State Park, Box W, Saratoga, New York 12866 Located Bennington Battlefield, Wallomsac, New York Remarks:  For related reading, see the New York State Museum Bulletin, no. 473, 1989. IAS files contain the text of nearby associated plaques. 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 NY001655   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001655 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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