Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Elijah Smith (FW-9), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette of Bloody Pond near Lake George, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.9
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, graphite, and touches of gouache on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 13 7/8 in. ( 27.9 x 35.2 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed top center; RA Grider. Signed bottom center: Rufus A. Grider Dec 28, 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below powder horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider Dec. 28. 1889."; signed at upper center inside landscape vignette: "RA Grider"; inscribed and signed at right of center below landscape vignette in black ink: "View of BLOODY POND near the head of / LAKE GEORGE N.Y. by RA Grider"; inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "The ELIJAH SMITH.", followed by a brief history of the horn
Description:
Military. View of Bloody Pond Lake George
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
