Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Adam Dockstetter (H-19), with a Vignette Scene of Deer Hunters at East Creek, New York, after Van Patten
Object Number:
1907.36.368
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, black and brown ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 14 in. ( 28.3 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed upper center: Rufus A. Grider/ Nov.9th 1889. Lower left: Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1891
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle left and center below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider. Canajoharie N.Y. 1891.", and "Novr. 9th 1889."; inscribed at lower left: "The DOCKSTETTER.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right below vignette: "The DEER HUNT at East Creek..."; at upper right: "The picture below was made from an oil painting..."; annotations in graphite
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
