Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Fox Chase (H-28), with a Vignette View of the Lighthouse on Lake Ontario, Selkirk, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.377
Date:
1888
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, and graphite, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/8 x 11 7/8 in. ( 23.8 x 30.2 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed left: Rufus A. Grider Aug8, 1888./ of canajoharie /N.Y. center: rufus A. Grider.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle left in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider Aug. 8. 1888. / of Canajoharie / N.Y."; also signed at lower center; at lower center: "The LIGHT HOUSE at SELKIRK..."; inscribed at middle right: "The FOX CHASE.", 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.
