Collection Highlights
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book
Date:
1859
Object Number:
LIB.E449.C5372
Medium:
Bound volume
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Frederick Robbins (R-120), with a Vignette View of the Buckman Tavern, Massachusetts
Object Number:
1907.36.299
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 11/16 x 14 1/8 in. ( 27.1 x 35.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center: Rufus A. Grider Aug.1890
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower center below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider Aug.1890"; at lower right: "The FREDK ROBBINS.", followed by an extensive history of the horn and owners; below: "The LANDSCAPE shows the once / noted BUCKMAN TAVERN..."; verso has extensive historical annotations in graphite
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
