Powder Horn: Disbrow Webb (FW-94), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette Scene of Larrabee's Garrison, Kennebeck, Maine
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and gold and green metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 14 3/8 in. ( 30.5 x 36.5 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.80
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower left: RA Grides at Canajoharie N.Y.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below powder horn in brown ink: "RA Grider of Canajoharie N.Y."; inscribed at upper right: "The DISBROW WEBB...", followed by a brief history of the horn; at center next to vignette: "SERGT. / LARRABEE'S / GARRISON..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
15675
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Powder Horn: Ensign John Litch (FW-85), with Carving Unfurled, and Landscape Vignettes of Ticonderoga Village and the "Old Fort" at Canajoharie, New York
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Classification:
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Date:
1887
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and gold and copper metallic pigment with selective glazing and a collaged print on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 9/16 x 14 9/16 in. ( 31.9 x 37 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.75
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom: RA Grider 1887
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below powder horn in brown ink: "RA Grider 1887."; inscribed at lower right under print: " 'OLD FORT' at Canajoharie..."; inscribed at middle right: "The / JOHN LITCH...", followed by a brief history of the horn; inscribed and signed at upper center
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
15674
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Five Powder Horns: The I.W. 1746, The W. Gilmore 1752, The Lt. James Kimball, The Robert Elliot 1758, and The Barns Jewel 1732 (FW-80, 81, 82, 83, 84), with a Portrait Vignette of Colonial Governor William Shirley
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Classification:
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Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 14 7/8 in. ( 31.8 x 37.8 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.74
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed top center: 1891 RA Grider
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at upper center in brown wash following extensive inscription on each horn and the portrait: "1891 / RA Grider"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
15673
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General John Hunt Morgan (1825-1864) on Horseback
Classification:
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Date:
c. 1864
Medium:
Brown ink and scratching out on paper, laid on heavier paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 20.3 x 11.4 cm )
mat: 14 x 10 in. ( 35.6 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Object Number:
1904.7
Inscriptions:
From the former mount: "Genl. John H. Morgan, on a Raid. This sketch is probably an original, owned immediately after the Civil War by Conf. Major A. J. Kercheval, of Martinsburg, WVa., and later by Col. Alex. R. Boteler of Gen. Lee's staff, who copied it in oil. Although somewhat careless in part, the sktech was pronouced a very faithful one by many who saw or knew the famous Confederate raider."
Gallery Label:
A native of Huntville, Alabama, Morgan was a Confederate cavalry commander in the Civil War. In September, 1864, while preparing for a raid on Knoxville, he was surprised and killed by Union forces near Greenville, Tennesee.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1864
eMuseum Object ID:
15669
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The U.S.S. "Wasp"
Classification:
Date:
1866
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, graphite, and gouache with scratching out on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/2 x 37 3/4 in. ( 52.1 x 95.9 cm )
Description:
Marine
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society Collection
Object Number:
1925.145
Marks:
Signed: at lower left: "J.W. Dodge"
Inscribed: at lower right: "Montevideo 1866"
Inscribed: at bottom center: "USS Wasp presented by W. D. Evans to the Ward Room officers of the above Ship Montevideo, Oct.1866"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left outside image in blue watercolor: "J.W.Dodge"; inscribed at lower right outside image: "Montevidio[sic] 1866"; at lower center outside image in black ink: "U.S.S. 'WASP' / Presented by W. D. Evans to the Ward Room Officers of the above Ship / Montevideo Octr. 1866."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1866
eMuseum Object ID:
15668
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Key to The Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-30
Classification:
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Date:
1830
Medium:
Brown ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/2 x 34 in. ( 54.6 x 86.4 cm )
Description:
History
Credit Line:
Anonymous Donor
Object Number:
1947.414b
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed and dated, upper middle, front. Inscribed.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in brown ink: "This key is not to be engraved, as a more / careful one will be prepared & engraved[inserted] in this / Country. / George Catlin -- / Richmond, Va. 1830."; at lower center above list of names: "There is a fault in the drawing -- occasioned by carelessness. / by making this Seat [hand pointing] / lower than the one on the rig[crossed out] left hand, / which the Engraver will please to correct --."; list of 101 sitters in six columns separated by lines
Gallery Label:
N-YHS Quarterly, April 1948, p 69-77 "The Last Meeting of the Giants" by R.W. Vail
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
15667
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Antoinette Marie de Geaus de Gallatin (1782-1831)
Classification:
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Medium:
Black chalk and pastel with white gouache and selective glazing
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 9 1/2 in. ( 27.9 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Bequest of A.E. Gallatin
Object Number:
1952.376
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
15665
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Young Woman in Period Costume with Veil
Classification:
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Medium:
Pastel on paper...? over a wooden strainer?
Object Number:
X.747
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black pastel: "CJ BROCHART"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
15659
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Phinehas Farington (FW-75), with Carving Unfurled to Show a Map of the Hudson River Valley, 1759
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Classification:
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Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and copper and green metallic pigment with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 15 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 38.7 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.69
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: RA Grider / of Canajoharie N.Y.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in brown ink: "The / FARINGTON... / RA Grider / of Canajoharie N.Y.", with a brief history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
15652
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Canarsie, Long Island
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Crayon and graphite on gray-green paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. ( 15.6 x 24.8 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Farquharson Griffiths MacDonald
Object Number:
1942.696
Marks:
inscriptions: Lower right: Canarsie, 1 May 59.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in crayon: "Canarsie -- 1 May 59."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
15651
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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