Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Powder Horn: The Bison (I-8), with Printed Vignette Portraits of Six Indian Men and a Bison
Object Number:
1907.36.392
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink and wash, brown ink, gouache, graphite, and gold metallic pigment, with selective glazing and touches of scratching out on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 5/16 x 14 7/16 in. ( 28.7 x 36.7 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center right: Rufus A. Grider Augt. 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at center below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider Augt 1890."; inscribed at lower right below vignette: "THE AMERICAN BISON. / This horn belonged to a Western / Indian..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
