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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Luce Center
Powder Horn: Allen Frazer (R-68), with a Vignette View of the Genessee River at Rochester, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.247
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 11 7/8 in. ( 26.7 x 30.2 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center left: RA Grider Dec.11th 1889. Lower center: Sketched Aug. 1889 by rufus a. Grider
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider Dec. 11th 1889."; also signed and dated below vignette image; inscribed at lower center below vignette: "View looking from the Street Bridge at Rochester N.Y...."; below: "The ALLEN FRAZER.", followed by a brief history of the horn
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
