Collection Highlights
Life studies of the Great Army
Date:
1876
Object Number:
PR.002.Album383
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Daniel Caswell (R-116), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette View of the Spuyten Duyvil Creek, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.295
Date:
1890
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, graphite, and gouache, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 15/16 x 14 5/8 in. ( 27.8 x 37.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider Augt 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider Augt 1890."; at lower right: "The Caswell.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper center below vignette: "Mouth of the SPUYTEN DYVEL[sic] CREEK..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
