Powder Horn: The Bell (R-17), with a Vignette Scene of the British Soldiers at Fort Schuyler and Portrait Vignettes of Colonel Barry St. Leger and General Nicholas Herkimer
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1892
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and copper metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 5/16 x 14 3/8 in. ( 28.7 x 36.5 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.201
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center and right: RA Grider 1892
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at center below horn in black ink: "Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1892"; inscribed at upper right: "The year 1777 was the time of greatest peril....", followed by extensive history; below: "The BELL Powder Horn...RA Grider 1892.", with a brief history of the horn; inscribed at lower center below vignette scene: "A REVOLUTIONARY incident…"; below vignette at upper left: "COL. BARRY ST. LEGER"; below vignette at lower left: "General Nichs. HERKIMER"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1892
eMuseum Object ID:
1348
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Proposal for the Gilbert Elevated Railroad, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1871
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
frame: 27 x 35 x 1 3/4 in. ( 68.6 x 88.9 x 4.4 cm )
mat: 26 x 34 in. ( 66 x 86.4 cm )
Overall: 17 1/8 x 26 7/8 in.
Credit Line:
Gift of Gilbert Gardner
Object Number:
1954.227
Marks:
inscriptions: none
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
1336
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
View of Napanoch in the Shawangunk Mountains, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1859
Medium:
Oil on prepared brown card
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 15 in. ( 25.4 x 38.1 cm )
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Gertrude O. Tubby
Object Number:
1951.351
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Ri[illegible] Napanoch Augt 59"; verso inscribed at upper center: "In Shawangunks / Napanoch"
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family; Gertrude O. Tubby, Montclair, New Jersey
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
1315
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: The M. L. G. (FW-171), with Vignettes of a Portrait of William Johnson and The Burk Tavern Sign
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Classification:
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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: 9 3/4 x 14 7/16 in. ( 24.8 x 36.7 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.150
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center: RA Grider July 17, 1890. Lower right: Sketch in August 1890 by Rufus A. Grider
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below powder horn in black ink: "RA Grider Dec. 29. 1889."; also inscribed and signed inside portrait vignette image; inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "The M.L.G.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right: "Tavern Sign from the 'Burk Ft. Tavern'..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
1307
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Ephraim Carter (FW-165), with a Landscape Vignette Buckman Tavern, Lexington, Massachussetts
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Classification:
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Date:
1880s
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 11/16 x 14 in. ( 27.1 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.144
Marks:
inscriptions: not signed
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "The EPHRAIM / CARTER.", followed by a history of the horn and tavern
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
1306
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Copy of an Earlier Portrait of Baronne Gasparde Serdon de Goumaëvs De Gallatin (?-1818)
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Classification:
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Date:
1931
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (26.4 x 22.2 cm), oval
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Bequest of Albert E. Gallatin
Object Number:
1952.372
Inscriptions:
Old backing of frame inscribed in black ink: "Wife of Gaspard Gabriel de Gallatin / Copy by Jacques Mauny / 1931"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1931
eMuseum Object ID:
1296
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Michael Keinschrot (FW-202), with Carving Unfurled, and a Vignette of the Van Tassel Inn
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Classification:
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Date:
1890?
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and silver, copper, and blue metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. ( 31.1 x 36.8 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.176
Marks:
inscriptions: not signed
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right: "The KLEINSCHROT…", followed by a brief history of the horn; at middle right below vignette: "THE VAN TASSEL INN.…"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
1287
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Powder Horn: The Anthony (FW-134), with Carving Unfurled
Classification:
Highlight:
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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: 10 x 12 3/4 in. ( 25.4 x 32.4 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.117
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: RA Grider / Nov. 6, 1887
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "R A Grider. Nov. 6 1884"; inscribed at lower right: "The ANTHONY", with a brief history of the horn
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
1286
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Study of a Sea Creature
Classification:
Date:
1814
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. ( 13.7 x 18.1 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Animal figure
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1953.261
Marks:
inscription: lower, ink: "Espece Dauguille de Mer Prise sur une Piece de Bois qui en Etait toute couverte/Amigo Protector, Juin 1814"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below image in brown ink: "Espéce D'auguille de Mer Prise sûr une Pièce de Bois qui en Etait toute couverte. / amigo Protector. Juin 1814."
Provenance:
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1814
eMuseum Object ID:
1279
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: John E. Mitthins (FW-129), with Carving Unfurled
Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and green and blue metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 14 7/8 in. ( 31.1 x 37.8 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.112
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: Rufus A. Grider/ of Canajoharie N.Y. / July 9, 1891
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink below powder horn: "Rufus A Grider / of Canajoharie N.Y. / July 9. 1891."; inscribed at lower right: "The MITTHIN.", followed by a brief history of the horn; annotations in graphite
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
1271
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