Powder Horn: General Washington, Jesse Hall, Owner (R-147), with Vignettes of a Portrait of George Washington and a View of Mount Vernon, Virginia

Object Number: 
1907.36.324
Date: 
1895
Medium: 
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed center left: RA Grider Jan 30, 1895 Canajoharie N.Y.
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed below horn in brown ink: "RA. Grider. Jan. 30 1895 Canajoharie N.Y."; inscribed at lower right: "The Genl WASHINGTON.", with an extensive history of the horn at lower center; at middle right below vignette: "MT VERNON VA."; annotations in graphite
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group