Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Amour, French (F-52)
Object Number:
1907.36.448
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink and wash, gouache, white lead pigment, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/4 x 10 7/8 in. ( 38.7 x 27.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider / 1891
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center inside image in white gouache: "Rufus A Grider / 1891"; inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "The ARMOUR -- A LOVE AFFAIR. this fine Powder horn / is made of Deershorn...R.A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
