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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Knox, Henry
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Ghent
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Knox Trail Marker, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1926. Relocated winter 1976.
    Medium: 
    Relief: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Relief: approx. H. 30 in. x W. 22 in.; Base: approx. H. 51 in. x W. 27 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque:) THROUGH THIS PLACE PASSED/GEN. HENRY KNOX/IN THE WINTER OF 1775-1776/TO DELIVER TO/GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON/AT CAMBRIDGE/THE TRAIN OF ARTILLERY/FROM FORT TICONDEROGA/USED TO FORCE THE BRITISH/ARMY TO EVACUATE BOSTON/ERECTED BY/THE STATE OF NEW YORK/DURING THE SESQUICENTENNIAL/OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    Description: 
    Relief plaque depicts General Henry Knox and a boy prodding a team of oxen. There is a map on the left side of the relief which traces the route from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts taken by General Knox to deliver artillery to General Washington.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Revolution
    Portrait male -- Knox, Henry -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Ghent
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Corner of Route 66 & Snyder Road, Ghent, New York
    Remarks: 
    The monument commemorates the route take by General Henry Knox in the winter 1775-1776 to deliver artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts for George Washington's assault on the British in Boston. Erected by the State of New York during the sesquicentennial of the American Revolution. The sculpture was originally located at the junction of Old Post Road and County Route 22 in West Ghent, New York. It was moved in the winter of 1976 to accommodate a re-enactment of General Knox's journey. It is currently located on private property. For related reading, see "Squampamock: A Bicentennial History of Ghent, New York," 1976, pg. 114.
    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 NY001847
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