Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
Date:
1859
Object Number:
1972.13
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Ebenezer Sage (FW-207), Two Sides Depicted, with Two Vignettes of Oswego, New York, in 1755 and 1896
Object Number:
1907.36.181
Date:
1896
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, collage, gouache, graphite, and silver and blue metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/8 x 14 15/16 in. ( 30.2 x 37.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed right: Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right below horn in black ink: "Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1896."; inscribed at lower right: "The / EBENEZER SAGE.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at center below photograph vignette: "The U.S. FORT at OSWEGO...", followed by a brief historical account; at upper left below vignette print: "ANCIENT OSWEGO."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
