Artist

Henry Leach

born New Milford, PA 1809-died Montrose, PA 1885
Born
New Milford, Pennsylvania, United States
Died
Montrose, Pennsylvania, United States
Active in
  • Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Biography

Henry "Harry" Leach grew up in New Milford in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. He carved wooden patterns for a Massachusetts manufacturer, L. W. Cushing and Sons, who used them to make molds for their copper weather vanes (Myrna Kaye, Yankee Weathervanes, 1975).

Works by this artist (57 items)

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William Page, Portrait of a Young Man, ca. 1830-1835, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1972.151.1
Portrait of a Young Man
Artist
Dateca. 1830-1835
oil on canvas
On view
W. Kurtz, William Page, Shakespeare Reading, 1874-1875, photograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William Page Howell, 1979.135.42
Shakespeare Reading
Artist
Date1874-1875
photograph
Not on view
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Shakespeare (drawn by Page from a bust sculptured by Page)
Artist
Dateca. 1874
charcoal with white on paper
Not on view
William Page, Moses Commanding the Waters of the Red Sea to Separate, ca. 1855, pencil and pen and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Pauline Page Howell, 1973.183.28A
Moses Commanding the Waters of the Red Sea to Separate
Artist
Dateca. 1855
pencil and pen and ink on paper
Not on view