Powder Horn: Peter Van Loo (FW-211), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette Scene of the Upper Fort of Schoharie, New York
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Classification:
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Date:
1896
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and gold, copper, silver, and blue metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 15 1/8 in. ( 30.5 x 38.4 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.184
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center bottom: Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1896
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left beside horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1896."; at right of center: "The PETER VAN LOO Pr. horn.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower center below vignette: "The UPPER FORT of SCHOHARIE..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
15965
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Two Powder Horns: The M. L. and Edmond Bridges (FW-209, 210), with a Vignette Scene of the First Meeting House, Boston, Massachusetts
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Classification:
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Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and silver and blue metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 11/16 x 14 1/8 in. ( 27.1 x 35.9 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.183
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: RA Grider Aug. 1890 Bottom right: RA Grider
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "RA Grider 1890"; inscribed at lower right: "The M. L. & / EDMOND BRIDGES / in the Sugden Library building.", followed by a brief history of the horns; at upper center beside vignette: "The first / MEETING HOUSE at / BOSTON..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
15964
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Powder Horn: The Magruder (FW-208), Two Sides Depicted, with a Landscape Vignette of the William Pitt Monument, Dedham, Massachusetts
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Classification:
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Date:
1896
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and silver and blue metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 15 in. ( 27.9 x 38.1 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.182
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center left: RA Grider/ 1897. Lower right and left: Canajoharie N.Y. Rufus A. Grider 1896
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right of center below horn in black ink: "Rufus A. Grider / 1896."; also signed and inscribed inside vignette image; inscribed at lower left: "Canajoharie N.Y."; at lower right: "The / MAGRUDER.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at center below vignette: "The Wm. PITT monument at / Dedham, Mass."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
15963
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Ebenezer Sage (FW-207), Two Sides Depicted, with Two Vignettes of Oswego, New York, in 1755 and 1896
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Classification:
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Date:
1896
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, collage, gouache, graphite, and silver and blue metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/8 x 14 15/16 in. ( 30.2 x 37.9 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.181
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed right: Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right below horn in black ink: "Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1896."; inscribed at lower right: "The / EBENEZER SAGE.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at center below photograph vignette: "The U.S. FORT at OSWEGO...", followed by a brief historical account; at upper left below vignette print: "ANCIENT OSWEGO."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
15962
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Powder Horn: Abraham Higgins (FW-206), with Carving Unfurled
Classification:
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Date:
1895
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and silver and blue metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 14 in. ( 29.8 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.180
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider, Canajoharie N.Y. 1895
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1895"; inscribed at upper right: "The ABRAHAM / HIGGINS…", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right: "In 1871 SAML. HIGGINS…", followed by a brief historical account
Gallery Label:
The powder horn represented in this watercolor is in the collection of the Onondaga Historical Association in Syracuse, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
15961
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Nayas (Child, Woman, and Man)
Classification:
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: an elderly chief with a pipe and rifle or musket, with his grandchildren, a woman and a boy; all the adults have lip modifications with ornamental lip plates or spools inserted.
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.96
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 96. / Nayas"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "163 161 162"
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
15960
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Nayas (Child, Woman, and Man with Background Figures in a Teepee and a Canoe)
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Classification:
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Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: a chief with a bow and his adult daughter, with a girl and an elderly tribal member around a wigwam and canoe in the background; all the adults have lip modifications with ornamental lip plates or spools inserted.
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.95
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 95. / Nayas"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "312 311"
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
15959
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Nezpercé (Two Men and One Woman)
Classification:
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: two adult males with a knife and a bow, and a woman or possibly a boy
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.93
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 93. / Nexpercé"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "306 305 307"
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
15958
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flathead (Two Children, Man, Two Women, Infant with Background Hut)
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Classification:
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Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: a chief, his two wives and son, a female with an infant and a dog, hauling fish in a net next to a hut or wigwam
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.92
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 92. / Flathead"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "304 301 302 303"
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
15957
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Washington and Lucy Knox
Classification:
Medium:
Graphite, watercolor, and gouache on heavy beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/2 x 12 5/16 in. ( 39.4 x 31.3 cm )
Credit Line:
Robert J. Gallione Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1955.26
Marks:
inscriptions: Top center: Feb.18-1779. Bottom: Lucy Knox
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Lucy Knox"; at upper center: "Feb. 18 -- 1779"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
15956
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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