Collection Highlights
Our Indian Policy
Date:
1875
Object Number:
PR.029.1
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Powder Horn: David Belden (R-78), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette View of the Brandywine River, Pennsylvania
Object Number:
1907.36.257
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and blue metallic pigment, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 14 5/8 in. ( 27.9 x 37.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: Canajoharie N.Y. 1891 Rufus A. Grider.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in black ink: "The BELDEN...Canajoharie N.Y. 1891 Rufus A. Grider."; at center below vignette: "The BRANDYWINE, Chester County Penna...."; extensive historical annotations in graphite on verso
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
