Peter Gansevoort - Rome, NY
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jiggs11
N 43° 12.716 W 075° 27.654
18T E 462562 N 4784453
Huge mural on the side of a business in downtown Rome.
Waymark Code: WMPXZC
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 11/07/2015
Views: 6
60 ft tall by 100 ft wide mural depicting General Peter Gansevoort riding a charger during the Siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777.
The mural was completed in September 2001 by noted local artist Jane Grace Taylor, a retired City of Rome teacher.
The mural was completed with about 99% donations from the public. The artist wanted to paint a colonial soldier to tie into the area's rich colonial and revolutionary history.
It is often mistaken for Paul Revere's Midnight Ride, but the artist emphatically ties it to Gen Gansevoort.
City: Rome
Location Name: Rome Hardware store
Artist: Jane Grace Taylor
Date: 1 Sep 2001
Media: enamel on plaster and brick
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