Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Museum Collections
Powder Horn: Abraham Taylor (FW-27), with Carving Unfurled
Object Number:
1907.36.27
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, graphite, and gouache with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/16 x 15 1/8 in. ( 30.6 x 38.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower center: Rufus A. Grider / Canajoharie N.Y.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right below powder horn in black ink: "Rufus A Grider / Canajoharie N.Y."; inscribed at lower right: "The / ABRM TAYLOR."; followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper right in graphite: " 'Truth would you teach to save a sinking land' / All shun, none aid you, & few undertand."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
