Collection Highlights
Portrait of two girls
Date:
Object Number:
PR.012.1.326.Box12
Medium:
Ambrotype
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Powder Horn: The B. E. & B. H. (R-135), with a Landscape Vignette of Lake Ontario at Oswego, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.313
Date:
1889
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 14 1/8 in. ( 27.3 x 35.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider July 1, 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in black ink: "Rufus A Grider July 1.1889."; inscribed at lower center: "The B.E. & B.H.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at center below vignette: "LAKE ONTARIO at OSWEGO..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
