Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: The French War (H-30), with Carving Unfurled, and a Vignette View of Lake George from Fort William Henry
Object Number:
1907.36.379
Date:
1887
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, and graphite, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 13 1/16 in. ( 28.3 x 33.2 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: signed right center: RA Grider 1887
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside vignette image in brown ink: "RA. Grider 1887."; inscribed at lower right below vignette: "Looking down LAKE GEORGE...", followed by a key to the locales marked; at upper left: "This horn is posessed[sic] by the Penna. Histl. / Society..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
