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New York City Hall, front elevation
Date:
1802
Object Number:
PR.040.1

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collections > Drawings > Powder Horn: General John Stark (R-1), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette Silhouette of General John Stark, and a View of the Battle Monument, Bennington, Vermont

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Powder Horn: General John Stark (R-1), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette Silhouette of General John Stark, and a View of the Battle Monument, Bennington, Vermont

Object Number: 
1907.36.186
Artist/Maker:
Rufus Alexander Grider
Date: 
1889
Medium: 
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 1/2 x 14 3/8 in. ( 29.2 x 36.5 cm )
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed center left: RA Grider Dec.10th, 1889
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at middle left below horn in brown ink: "RA Grider Dec 10th 1889."; inscribed at upper center: "GENERAL / JOHN STARK."; with biographical information; at lower right "The GEN'l STARK.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at middle right below vignette: "The MONUMENT at / BENNINGTON Vt...."
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group