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: The General Andrew Jackson (1812-2), with Carving Unfurled, and a Vignette Portrait of Andrew Jackson
Object Number:
1907.36.338
Date:
1891
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, brown ink, graphite, gouache, and silver and bronze metallic pigment with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/8 x 15 in. ( 27.6 x 38.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: RA Grider 1891. Bottom right: Rufus A. Grider.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below horn in brown ink: "RA. Grider / 1891."; also signed at lower right; inscribed at lower right: "The Genl ANDREW JACKSON.", followed by a history of the horn; facsimile signature at middle right: "ANDREW JACKSON"
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
