Powder Horn: Ephraim Duel 1764 (FW-34), with Vignettes of a Scene of a Meeting between Native Americans and Colonists, an Oval Portrait of Colonel Henry Bouguet, and the Ruins of Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1894
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and green and gold metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. ( 30.2 x 39.1 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.34
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: RA Grider 1894
Inscriptions:
Signed at middle right in brown ink: "RA Grider"; signed also at lower right below vignette and at lower center: "RA Grider 1894"; inscribed at center under portrait: "Col. HENRY BOUGET after a painting / by BENJAMIN WEST."; at upper right in brown ink: "The EPHRAIM DUEL.", followed by a lengthy history of the horn, Fort Pitt, and Col. Henry Bouget's Council with Native Americans in the Ohio Valley
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1894
eMuseum Object ID:
16627
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: John Truman (FW-33), with a Vignette View of the Harbor of Oswego, New York, on Lake Ontario
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, brown ink, black ink and wash, and gouache with selective glazing on paper
Description:
Harbor of Oswego N.Y. Military.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.33
Marks:
inscriptions: none
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below powder horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider June 28. 1889."; signed and inscribed at center inside vignette: "RA Grider / 1889."; inscribed at upper center above vignette in black ink: "LAKE ONTARIO"; inscribed and signed below landscape vignette in brown ink: "View of the harbor at OSWEGO N.Y. / sketched Aug. 21.1889. by Rufus A. Grider. / No. 1 the U.S. Fort. No. 2 Nine Mile point / No. 3 Deposits of Lumber. No. 5 Light house & / Life saving station"; in
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16626
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Fort Pitt (FW-49), with Carving Unfurled, and Vignettes of a Portrait of Col. Henry Bouget and the Block House at Fort Pitt
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink and wash, graphite, and gouache with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 32.4 x 36.2 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.48
Marks:
inscriptions: Lower center: Sketched May 1870 by Rufus A. Grider
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower center below vignette in brown ink: "sketd. 1870 by RA Grider / view of 3 remaining buildings of / Fort Pitt in 1870."; at lower right: "The FORT PITT.", followed by a history of the horn; at lower left below portrait vignette: "Col. Henry Bouguet"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
16625
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Jonas Dodge (FW-31), with Carving Unfurled
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, graphite, and gouache with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 13 15/16 in. ( 30.5 x 35.4 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.31
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed right: R.A. Grider July 1 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right below powder horn in brown ink: "R A Grider July 1. 1889."; inscribed at middle right: "The JONAS DODGE / is owned by the / ESSEX INSTITUTE at / Salem Mass."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
16624
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Richard Skidmore (FW-30), with Carving Unfurled
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, graphite, and gouache with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/16 x 14 in. ( 28.1 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.30
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower right: Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. June 29th 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below powder horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. June 29th. 1889."; inscribed at lower right: "The SKIDMORE."; followed by a brief history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
16623
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Captain Nathaniel De Venter (FW-29), with Carving Unfurled
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, brown and black ink and wash, and gouache with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/8 x 14 in. ( 28.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.29
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower left: RA Grider, July 1 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below powder horn in brown ink: "RA Grider July 1. 1889."; inscribed at lower right: "The De VENTER."; followed by a brief history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
16622
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Ephraim Cole (FW-28), with a Vignette with a Photograph of Fort Ticonderoga
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, brown and black ink and wash, and gouache with selective glazing on paper with a photograph laid on at upper left
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 13 9/16 in. ( 25.4 x 34.4 cm )
Description:
Ticonderoga Ruins. Military.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.28
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower center: RA Grider, June 29th 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below powder horn in brown ink: "RA Grider June 29th. 1889"; inscribed at left of center below photograph: "Ruins of Ticonderoga."; inscribed at lower right: "The 'EPHRAIM COLE' / now posessed by the ESSEX INSTITUTE / at SALEM MASS."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
16621
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Abraham Taylor (FW-27), with Carving Unfurled
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, graphite, and gouache with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/16 x 15 1/8 in. ( 30.6 x 38.4 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.27
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower center: Rufus A. Grider / Canajoharie N.Y.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right below powder horn in black ink: "Rufus A Grider / Canajoharie N.Y."; inscribed at lower right: "The / ABRM TAYLOR."; followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper right in graphite: " 'Truth would you teach to save a sinking land' / All shun, none aid you, & few undertand."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
16620
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Washington's Headquarters, George Emlen House, Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Graphite on tracing paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 15/16 x 8 1/4 in. ( 27.8 x 21 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Object Number:
1936.846
Marks:
inscriptions: Bottom right: Whitermarsh
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Whitemarsh"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16619
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: John Bucklin (FW-25), with Carving Unfurled
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink and wash, graphite, and gouache with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 14 in. ( 29.2 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.25
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower left, center: RA Grider 19th 1889.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below powder horn in brown ink: "RA Grider May 19th 1889."; inscribed at lower right: "The BUCKLIN."; followed by a brief history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
16618
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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