Collection Highlights
Augustus Coe Gurnee dressed for the Vanderbilt costume ball, March 26, 1883
Date:
March 26, 1883
Object Number:
PR.223.1.16.1
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Powder Horn: Charles Burret (R-150), with Printed Portrait Vignettes of Hessian Major General Riedesel and his Wife
Object Number:
1907.36.327
Date:
1896
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, collage, graphite, and gold, blue, and silver metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. ( 29.8 x 36.8 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. grider, Canajoharie N.Y. 1896.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in black ink: "Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1896."; inscribed at lower right: "The / CHARLES BURRET.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper center below vignettes: "Maj. Genl F. A. RIEDESEL & WIFE of the Hessian / Army..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
