Powder Horn: The Ilands (R-35), with a Vignette Reproducing a Revolutionary Era Politcal Satire of the Boston Revolt, Printed in London, 1774
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Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and gold metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 14 5/8 in. ( 33 x 37.1 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.216
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: June 14th 1891 Rufus A. Grider
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower center in brown ink below vignette: " 'The BOSTONIANS in DISTRESS.' / 'PLATE II'... Rufus A Grider / June 14th 1891.", with extensive interpretation of the cartoon; inscribed at center: "ILAND'S / HORN OR THE / SIEGE OF BOSTON.", followed by a brief history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
1659
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Powder Horn: The Zuriel Watson, and The Waterman (FW-189, 190), with Portrait Vignettes of General Montgomery and General Arnold
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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 3/16 x 14 1/16 in. ( 28.4 x 35.7 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.164
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider Aug 5, 1890. Signed bottom right: R.A. Grider.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below powder horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider Aug. 5. 1890."; inscribed at lower right: "The ZURIEL WATSON.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper center between vignettes: "In honor of / GENL. MONTGOMERY… and to / Genl. ARNOLD..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
1647
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Landscape with the Bronx River near Williamsbridge, Bronx, New York
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Date:
1870-1889
Medium:
Charcoal and crayon with eraser on paper, laid on paper, sandwiched between boards
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 1/4 x 37 1/4 in. ( 69.2 x 94.6 cm )
mat: 31 1/2 x 42 1/2 in. ( 80 x 108 cm )
Object Number:
1937.1774
Marks:
inscription: on mount: ""In the Bronx (new Williamsbridge)"
Inscriptions:
Ettiquette on mount inscribed: "In the Bronx (near Willaimsbridge.)"
Gallery Label:
This shows the Bronx River cascading among rocks.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
1638
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Powder Horn: McIntosh (FW-169), with a Vignette View of the Hudson River from Newburgh, New York
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Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 26 x 36.2 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.148
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center right: R.H. Grider Dec.27, 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right below powder horn in brown ink: "RA Grider Dec. 27. 1889."; inscribed at lower right: "The McINTOSH.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at center below vignette: "Looking down the HUDSON from Washington's Head Quars. / at NEWBURGH..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
1634
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Powder Horn: The Van Antwerpen (FW-144), with Carving Unfurled and a Map Vignette of Albany, New York
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Date:
1887
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on ivory paper
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.127
Marks:
inscriptions: signed bottom center: Rufus A. Grider/ Dec.31, 1887
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower middle in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider / Dec. 31. 1887."; at right of vignette: "Bouwlands of Schenectady…"; at upper right of horn: "The Oldest / American Horn / yet found / R A Grider", followed by a brief rescription of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
1616
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Powder Horn: Timothy Fuller (FW-109), with Vignettes of the Blockhouse at Oneida Lake, New York with a Map, and the Ruins of the Magazine at Fort Chartres, Illinois
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Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. ( 29.2 x 34.9 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.92
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center right: RA Grider May 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink below powder horn: "RA Grider May 1889."; inscribed at lower right: "The TIMOTHY FULLER."; below: "BLOCK HOUSE & FORT", with brief histories of the horn and fort; with annotations in graphite
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
1615
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Powder Horn: Ticonderoga (FW-58), Two Sides Depicted, with Vignettes Portraits of Lieutenant General Louis Joseph, Marquis De Montcalm, and General John Abercrombie
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Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and green and gold 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:
1907.36.57
Marks:
inscriptions: Inscribed bottom center: RA Grider 1891 / Feb.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below powder horn in brown wash: "RA Grider 1891 / Feb."; inscribed at lower right: "The TICONDEROGA"; with a brief history of the horn carried by soldier Henry Aupa[hn? illegible]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
1614
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Miles Flanigan
Classification:
Date:
?
Medium:
Black ink and scratching out on paper
on oiled parchment
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 4 7/8 x 2 in. ( 15.2 x 12.4 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Monochrome black portrait of a man in the uniform of a Revolutionary War soldier, possibly a Continental army officer.
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel James Barnes
Object Number:
1933.255
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at middle right in black ink: "1776 / J. T"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1776
eMuseum Object ID:
1601
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Five Powder Horns: Alaskan Indian (I-2), with Vignettes of Two Mountain Ranges in Alaska, and a Portrait of an Indian Woman
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Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink and wash, gouache, black ink, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 7/8 x 15 1/8 in. ( 35.2 x 38.4 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.386
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center right: Drawn/by rufus A. Grider/ of Canajoharie N.Y./ Dec.30 1890
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at right of center below horn in white gouache: "Drawn / by Rufus A. Grider / of Canajoharie N.Y. Dec. 30 1890."; inscribed at lower left below vignette in brown ink: "A RANGE OF HIGH SNOW COVd ARKELL Mts. ALASKA."; at lower center below vignette: "ISA wife of WARSAINE, STICK TRIBE, / ESKIMO..."; below: "FIVE ESKIMO POWDER HORNS in / NATIONAL MUSEUM at Washington..."; at lower right below vignette: "PARMINTER MOUNTAINS NEAR ALSECK RIVR ALASKA"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
1581
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Powder Horn: P.H. Engle (H-31), with Carving Unfurled, and Vignette Views of Nick Stoner's Island, Canada Lake, and Caroga Lake, Fulton County, New York
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Date:
1888
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 13 3/4 in. ( 27.9 x 34.9 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.380
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle left above horn in brown ink: "R.A. Grider. Augt 19. 1889."; also signed inside both vignette images; at lower left: "The P.H. ENGLE. of ALBANY N.Y...."; at lower right below vignette: "a glimpse of the lower end of GAROGA[sic] LAKE..."; at upper center above vignette: "NICK. STONER'S Island Canada Lake..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
1580
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