Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Powder Horn: Eliphalet Stephens (FW-141), with Carving Unfurled
Object Number:
1907.36.124
Date:
1887
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 12 5/8 in. ( 25.4 x 32.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed left edge: RA Grider Dec.4th 1887
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle left in brown ink: "RA Grider Dec. 4th 1887.", also signed inside vignette image; inscribed at lower right: "The ELIPHALET STEPHENS...", 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.
