Powder Horn: Lieutenant Samuel Peck (FW-180), with Vignettes of the British Landing in Boston in 1768, and Portraits of John Hancock and Samuel Adams
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 14 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 36.2 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.157
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: Rufus A. Grider Aug. 6, 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below powder horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider Aug. 6. 1890."; inscribed at lower left: "The LIEUT. PECK.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at center below vignette: "LANDING of the TROOPS in BOSTON, 1768, from a Wood Cut / drawn & engraved by PAUL REVERE...", with facsimilies of Hancock's and Adam's signatures at right below each portrait
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
15914
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Enoch Cooper (FW-179), Two Sides Depicted, with a Landscape Vignette of the Ruins of the French Fort near Nantasket, Massachussetts
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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 beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/16 x 14 5/16 in. ( 29.1 x 36.3 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.156
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: rufus A. Grider July 18th 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower leftt below powder horn in black ink: "Rufus A Grider July 18th. 1890"; inscribed at lower right in black and brown ink: "The ENOCH COOPER...", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper center above vignette: "Telegraph Hill & Old French Fort near Nantasket Mass. 1890."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
15913
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: John Cheney (FW-178), Two Sides Depicted
Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 15 1/8 in. ( 28.3 x 38.4 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.155
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center left: Rufus A Grider June 26th, 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower leftt below powder horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider June 26th. 1890"; inscribed at upper left: "The JOHN CHANEY[sic] SR., POWDER HORN, of / DUNSTABLE Mass....", followed by an extensive history of the horn; at lower right: "The JOHN CHANEY Sr....", with a history of the owners of the horn in 1890.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
15912
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Hezekiah Ford (FW-177), Two Sides Depicted, with Landscape Vignettes of Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Tye
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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 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:
1907.36.154
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower right: RA Grider/ July 23d 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right below powder horn in brown ink: "RA Grider July 23d. 1890"; inscribed at lower center: "The FORD.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower left below vignette: "Ancient view of FORT 'TYE'..."; at upper center beside vignette: "Modern view of FORT / TICONDEROGA..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
15911
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Three Powder Horns: The Guerrilla, George Rex, David Lon (FW-173, 174, 175)
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, collage, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/8 x 14 3/16 in. ( 27 x 36 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.152
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: July 1890 RA Grider
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower center below powder horn in brown ink: "July 1890. RA Grider"; inscribed at upper left: "The GUERRILLA...", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right: "The GR. or GEO REX...."; below: "The David Lon...", with brief histories of the horns
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
15910
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Seminolee (Woman, Infant, and Two Men with Background Figures)
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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: Chief Osceola, leader of the Seminole War, his two wives, head Chief Mick-e-no-pa, another female with an infant and a child
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.69
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. 69. / Seminolee"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "232 231 1/2 229 230 231"
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:
15909
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Seminolee (Four Men, One Woman, Infant, and Two Children)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
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: this group portrait was painted while the subjects were prisoners- four adult warriors, a boy, a child and a woman with an infant
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.68
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. 68. / Seminolee"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "224 223 / 228. / 225 226. 227."
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:
15908
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Choctaw (Two Men)
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 males
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.65
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. 65 / Choctaw"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "218 219"
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:
15907
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Delaware (Woman and Two Men)
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 males with rifles or muskets, and one female
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.63
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. 63. / Delaware"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "215 213 214."
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:
15906
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Iowa (Seven Men, Four Women, Child, and Two Infants)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
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:
Group portrait. Studies of Native Americans: this group included seven adult males, four adult females, two infants and a boy.
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.60
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left insdie image in graphite: "Geo. Catlin."; inscribed at right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 60. / Iowa"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "186 188 189 187 185 184 190 / 194 193 195 191 192 / 197"; at right in graphite: "198"
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:
15905
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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