Collection Highlights
Draft wheel
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
1865.6
Medium:
Wood, metal
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: Daniel Higbe (R-36), with a Vignette Scene Depicting Bostonians Tarring and Feathering the Excise Tax Collector, after the British Wood-cut of 1774
Object Number:
1907.36.217
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and gold metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 14 11/16 in. ( 33 x 37.3 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center bottom: Rufus A.Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. 1891. Lower right: RA Grider
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink below horn: "Rufus A Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. 1891"; inscribed at center: "THE BOSTONIAN'S PAYING THE / EXCISE -- MAN / OR TARRING & FEATHERING", followed by a brief history of the vignette; at lower left: "The DANL. HIGBE", followed by a brief history of the horn
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
