Collection Highlights
Santa Claus and his Works
Date:
1870
Object Number:
LIB.YC1870.Web
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Powder Horn: Ephraim Duel 1764 (FW-34), with Vignettes of a Scene of a Meeting between Native Americans and Colonists, an Oval Portrait of Colonel Henry Bouguet, and the Ruins of Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania
Object Number:
1907.36.34
Date:
1894
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and green and gold metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. ( 30.2 x 39.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: RA Grider 1894
Inscriptions:
Signed at middle right in brown ink: "RA Grider"; signed also at lower right below vignette and at lower center: "RA Grider 1894"; inscribed at center under portrait: "Col. HENRY BOUGET after a painting / by BENJAMIN WEST."; at upper right in brown ink: "The EPHRAIM DUEL.", followed by a lengthy history of the horn, Fort Pitt, and Col. Henry Bouget's Council with Native Americans in the Ohio Valley
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
