Collection Highlights
William Pitt, the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)
Date:
ca. 1770
Object Number:
1864.5
Medium:
Marble
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Powder Horn: Abner Eley (R-131), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette Scene of Bacchus with a Wine Cask
Object Number:
1907.36.309
Date:
1890
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 15/16 x 14 9/16 in. ( 27.8 x 37 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: signed left center: Rufus A. Grider of / Canajoharie/ N.Y. August 5/ 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider of / Canajoharie / N.Y. August 5. / 1890"; inscribed at lower right: "The ABNER ELEY.", followed by an extensive history of the horn; at lower left: "In 1769. Castle Island Fort then called Ft TRUMBALL..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
