Collection Highlights
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights
Date:
1844
Object Number:
LIB.M1622a.Hutchinson
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Powder Horn: Francis M. Abbott (R-51), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette Scene of the Massacre at Cherry Valley, New York, 1778
Object Number:
1907.36.232
Date:
1891-1892
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and green and gold metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 13/16 x 14 5/16 in. ( 30 x 36.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: Rufus A. Grider 1891. Top center: RA Grider/ 1892
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right below horn in black ink: Rufus A Grider 1891."; sheet inscribed and signed at middle right and inside vignette image; inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "The / FRANCES M. ABBOTT.," followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper right: "When the CHERRY VALLEY MASACREA[sic] occurred…"
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
