Powder Horn: The Eskimo, with Bullet Pouch and Cap Box (I-17), with a Vignette Portrait of an Alaskan Indian
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Classification:
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Date:
1890
Medium:
Brown ink and wash, watercolor, gouache, black ink and wash, and graphite, with selective glazing on paper laid on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. ( 27.3 x 36.8 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.401
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower center: Rufus A. Grider/ Dec 31 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink wash: "Rufus A. Grider / Dec. 31. 1890."; inscribed at middle right: "The ESKIMO....", followed by an extensive history of the horn; at upper right below vignette: "GUNAR ARCKU, a TYPE / of ALASKA Indians."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
1706
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Powder Horn: Seneca Indian (I-13), with a Vignette Scene from Tuscarora Mythology
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Classification:
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Date:
1889
Medium:
Brown ink and wash, watercolor, black ink, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 5/16 x 13 7/8 in. ( 28.7 x 35.2 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.397
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center: Rufus A. Grider/ August 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at center in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider / August 1889."; inscribed at lower center: "On picture No. 11 of this collection class...", followed by an explanation of Tuscarora mythology; at upper left: "This horn was made by a / SENECA INDIAN..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
1705
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Study for an Illustration in "Kerry Kangaroo"
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Date:
c. 1957
Medium:
Black ink, gray wash, black crayon, white gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 10 in. ( 31.8 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Animal figure: Drawing of kangaroo reading with various inscriptions and labels, study for an illustration on p. 1 or half title page of "Kerry Kangaroo."
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.839
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in graphite: "1[encircled] / b & w"; multiple layout instructions inside image and printed identifications along left margin
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1957
eMuseum Object ID:
1703
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Part of Old Snuff Mill, Bronx, New York
Classification:
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Date:
1909
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ( 13.3 x 8.6 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Object Number:
Z.2016.10i
Marks:
dated: lower left: "APRIL, 17/09"
inscribed in ink: on obverse: "PART OF OLD SNUFF MILL."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along lower edge in black ink: "APRIL, 17/09 PART OF OLD SNUFF MILL."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1909
eMuseum Object ID:
1697
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Powder Horn: The Beauchamp (I-10), with Carving Unfurled and Printed Vignette Portraits of Two Indian Men
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Classification:
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Date:
1888
Medium:
Brown ink and wash, watercolor, collage, graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/8 x 12 7/8 in. ( 27.6 x 32.7 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.394
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center left: RA Grider Sept. 1888
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle left below horn in brown ink: "R.A. Grider Sept.. 1888."; inscribed at lower left: "The BEAUCHAMP...RA Grider", with a brief history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
1694
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Powder Horn: The Onondaga (I-7), with Vignette Views of Lake Oneida and the Ruins of Fort Brewerton
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Date:
1888
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, collage, gouache, graphite, with selective glazing on 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:
1907.36.391
Marks:
inscriptions: signed center right: RA Grider July/ 1888
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at center below horn in brown ink: "RA. Grider July / 1888."; inscribed at middle right: "ONONDAGA."; at lower right beside vignette: "ONEIDA LAKE, Frenchman's / Island in the distance..."; at upper center above vignette: "West side of the remains of FORT BREWERTON..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
1693
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View of the New Government Buildings, Hilton Head, South Carolina
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Date:
c. 1862-1864
Medium:
Graphite on six sheets of ivory paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 42 1/2 in. ( 10.8 x 108 cm )
Description:
Civil War Drawings Collection. The Union forces occupied Hilton Head Island following the Battle of Port Royal on 7 November 1861. During the next year, a hospital and buildings for federal government administration were constructed. This view was taken from the hospital looking toward the new buildings.
Credit Line:
James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1945.580.69
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Crane / Del"; inscribed at lower center: "View of the New Government / Building erected on Hilton Head / with the original ones formd erected[cut] / sketch'd from the Hospital looking[crossed out] being about northwest."; mutliple annotations in graphite; verso inscribed at upper center in brown ink: "Hilton Head, S.C. / View of the New Government buildings"
Provenance:
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1864
eMuseum Object ID:
1692
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View of an Encampment of Union Troops below Farmhouses
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Date:
c. 1864-1865
Medium:
Graphite and white chalk on gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 11 in. (24.1 x 27.9 cm)
Description:
Civil War Drawings Collection.
Credit Line:
James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1945.580.64
Provenance:
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
1691
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Iroquois Mythological Giant Hunter Holding Weapons, with a Deer and Bear under His Belt
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Date:
c. 1827
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and brown gouache over graphite on beige paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/4 x 11 7/8 in. (38.7 x 30.2 cm)
Description:
Iroquois folkart termed 'picture writing'
Credit Line:
Gift of Lansing Thurber
Object Number:
X.519[dup]
Marks:
Inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No. 1."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No. 1."
Provenance:
John Beechtree, Oneida Castle,N.Y., 1845; Lansing Thurber, Utica, N.Y., 1845-49
Bibliography:
Related to Cusick's 1827 booklet: David Cusick's Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations (Tuscarora Village : Lewiston, Niagara, co. 1828, c1826; Lockport, N. Y. : Conley & Lathrop, printers)
Kasprycki, Sylvia S., and Feest, Christian, trans. "On the Trails of the Iroquois." Berlin: Nicolai, 2013.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
1661
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Powder Horn: John E.Van Eps (R-53), with Carving Unfurled, and Vignette Scene of the Battlefield at Oriskany, New York
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Classification:
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Date:
1887
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 13 7/8 in. ( 28.3 x 35.2 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.234
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center left: RA Grider Sept. 17th, 1887
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider Sept. 17th 1887."; inscribed at lower right: "The VAN EPS…", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower left: "Scene on the ORISKANY Battlefield…"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
1660
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