Related Records

1. 2011.500.001 - Sculpture

   This is a plaster horse sculpture. The plaster is covered with a brown substance that could be paint. It stands on an oval base. The sculpture was given to Margaret Walker. It was produced by John Hoppe, a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Country School at Chester Springs in 1941 and given to the Vincent M. Reed family in whose barn the student lived. The Reeds gave it to Ms. Walker.

   Record Type: Object

   
2. RG4.B22.O.112 - Negative, Film

   A man is seen driving a horse on an unpaved street, past a residence with the traditional cross-shaped fencing native to the village.

   Record Type: Object

   
3. RG4.B35.F2 - Print, Photographic

   This is a black and white print of the horse called Danburn. He belonged to Vincent M. Reed. A student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Country School at Chester Springs sculpted this horse while staying in the Reed barn and taking meals with the Reed family. The sculpted horse has been gifted to the Moore Archives by owner Margaret Walker and she has now given us the photograph of the horse. The artist is unknown.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. RG6.B81.F2 - Print, Photographic

   These are four photographs of horses at Chester Springs. Margaret Walker managed horses in the area and presented them to the Moore Archives. One shows Col. Clifton Lisle, who wrote a history of West Pikeland Township, with his horse. The large print Ms. Walker states is the last living descendant of Man of War, at the time, named Free America. Chester Springs is known as horse country and the Pickering Hunt was very important in its day.

   Record Type: Photo