Two Powder Horns: The S. T. and The H. I. (FW-59, 60), with Vignettes Showing Both Sides of the David Reed Tavern Sign, Concord, Massachusetts
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 13 3/16 in. ( 27.9 x 33.5 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.58
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: RA Grider Aug, 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below powder horn in brown wash: "RA Grider Augt. 1891"; inscribed at center in black wash: "The SIGN of the DAVID REED / TAVERN 4 miles E. of Concord Mass. / posessed[sic] by the Concord Hist.Society / at concord, Mass. 1890."; at upper left vertically: "TWO POWDER HORNS used / by the Mass. Pilgrims...", with a brief history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
16696
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Elnathan Ives (FW-57), with a Vignette Portrait of General Jeffery Amherst
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Classification:
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Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and green and copper metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 14 1/2 in. ( 27.9 x 36.8 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.56
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower right: RA Grider 1891
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower center below powder horn in brown wash: "The IVES POWDER HORN...RA Grider 1891."; with a brief history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
16695
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Captain Jonathan Fowler (FW-55), Two Sides Depicted, with Vignettes of a Portrait of William Pitt and a View of the Harbor at Louisburg (Louisbourg), Canada
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1890
Medium:
Watercolor, black and brown ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and gold and green metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 14 3/8 in. ( 28.3 x 36.5 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.54
Marks:
inscriptions: not signed
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at center below vignette in blue watercolor: "ENTRANCE TO LOUISBOURG HARBOR AND VIEW OF LOUISBOURG FROM THE N.E. 1757"; at lower left below oval portrait vignette in brown wash: "William PITT -- the Elder. / EARL OF CHATHAM.", followed by a brief biography of Pitt; at lower center: "The CAPTN. JONN. FOWLER.", followed by a brief history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
16694
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Whittlesey (FW-53), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette View of Cape Baptist near Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Canada
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Classification:
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Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, black and brown ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/8 x 14 3/4 in. ( 27.6 x 37.5 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.52
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: RA Grider Aug 2, 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "RA Grider Aug. 2. 1891."; inscribed at center below vignette in black ink over graphite: "CAPE BAPTIST -- entrance into the BASIN of MINES near / LOUISBURG -- CAPE BRETON -- Newfoundland."; at lower right in black ink: "The Whittlesey.", followed by a brief history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
16693
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: David Baldwin (FW-52),Two Sides Depicted, with Vignettes of a Portrait of Mohawk Chief 'King Hendrick' and 'The Great Spirit' above a Volcano
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, brown ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and green and gold metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 14 13/16 in. ( 32.4 x 37.6 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.51
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center left: Rufus A. Grider/ March 1891. Canajoharie N. York
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider / March 1891. Canajoharie N. York."; inscribed at center below vignettes: "The GREAT SPIRIT & Portrait of / KING HENDRICK Chief of the / Mohawks...."; at lower right: "The DAVID BALDWIN.", followed by a history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
16692
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Israel Minor (FW-51), with Vignettes of a Portrait of British General Howe and a Memorial Tablet near Lake George
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, graphite, gouache, and gold metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 13/16 x 14 1/2 in. ( 27.5 x 36.8 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.50
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: RA Grider Nov. 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "RA Grider Novr. 1890."; also signed at middle left inside image of landscape vignette; inscribed at middle right below oval portrait vignette in black wash: "LORD GEO. AUGS. / HOWE."; at lower right: "ISRAEL MINOR.", followed by a history of the horn; at upper left above landscape vignette: "View of the OUTLET to LAKE GEORGE, at Ticonderoga Village..."; verso has extensive historical annotations in graphite
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
16691
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Self-Portrait (1856-1945)
Classification:
Date:
1897
Medium:
Pastel on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 29 in. (91.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Self-portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1945.358
Marks:
Signed and dated at upper right in pastel: "John Ward Dunsmore / 1897"
Inscriptions:
Signed and dated at upper right in pastel: "John Ward Dunsmore / 1897"
Gallery Label:
John Ward Dunsmore was one of America's leading painters of murals and historical subjects in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Society owns about thirty of his works.
Provenance:
John Ward Dunsmore, Dover, New Jersey, 1945
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1897
eMuseum Object ID:
16690
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scenes from the American Revolution: Yorktown Pageant; verso: Foxhunters
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Classification:
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Date:
c. 1914
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on two Bristol boards bound together with cloth tape
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 22 in. ( 38.1 x 55.9 cm )
mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Description:
History
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1923.132
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1914
eMuseum Object ID:
16689
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: William Foraith (FW-48), Two Sides Depicted, with Vignettes of the Garrison & Refuge House, The Old Curtis House, and the Residence of General John Stark
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Classification:
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Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, graphite, gouache, gold and green metallic pigment, and black crayon, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 15/16 x 14 7/8 in. ( 27.8 x 37.8 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.47
Marks:
inscriptions: not signed
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left below vignette in black wash: "Garrison & Refuge House at / Exeter N.H...."; at center below vignette: "The Old CURTIS HOUSE..."; at middle right: "The Wm. FORAITH. / POWDER HORN.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right below vignette: "The residence of of Gen'l John Stark..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16688
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Abraham Robinson (FW-47), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette View of the Overgrown Ruins of a Redoubt at Fort Ticonderoga, New York
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, graphite, gouache, gold and copper metallic pigment, and black crayon, with selective glazing
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. ( 30.2 x 37.8 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.46
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: Rufus A. Grider Sketch July 13th, 1891 in Boston. Signed top right: R.A. Grider 1892. Bottom left: RA Grider
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right below powder horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider sket'd July 13th 1891. in Boston."; signed in three other places at the end of inscriptions; inscribed above vignette: "A REDOUBT, now overgrown..."; at lower left: "The horn is owned / by / Wm. F. Swan..."; at upper right: "The ABRAM. ROBINSON horn...", followed by a history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
16687
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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