Collection Highlights
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932
Date:
1932
Object Number:
LIB.NS11.M14.1.20
Medium:
black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Abraham Higgins (FW-206), with Carving Unfurled
Object Number:
1907.36.180
Date:
1895
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and silver and blue metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 14 in. ( 29.8 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider, Canajoharie N.Y. 1895
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1895"; inscribed at upper right: "The ABRAHAM / HIGGINS…", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right: "In 1871 SAML. HIGGINS…", followed by a brief historical account
Description:
Military
Gallery Label:
The powder horn represented in this watercolor is in the collection of the Onondaga Historical Association in Syracuse, New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
