[1] It shows the artist's impression of The Battle of Bennington, with the central portion being a map of the various positions of the participants in the fight itself.
To the right behind the mountain is the Bennington Battle Monument, which is impossibly reflected in the Hoosic river, which winds around on the side of the battlefield and flows beneath her beloved covered bridge of Cambridge.
The winding river and the shadow of the monument suggest the artist's intent to connect the events of the battle with larger activities involved in the Saratoga campaign.
Originally commissioned by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1953, it was rejected for having the modern monument included.
In typical Grandma Moses fashion, she did not retouch the painting but obligingly painted another one, which was accepted and most recently put on show and featured in the 2012 "By, For, and Of the People: Folk Art and Americana" exhibition of the DAR Museum.