Collection Highlights
Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
Date:
ca. 1700
Object Number:
1911.38
Medium:
Silver
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: George Frear (H-9), with Vignette Views of Two Huguenot Houses at New Paltz, New York, and a Portrait of Sir Henry Clinton
Object Number:
1907.36.358
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 14 5/8 in. ( 28.6 x 37.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower center: RA Grider July 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in graphite: "RA Grider July 1890."; also signed at middle right inside vignette image; inscribed at lower right in gray ink below vignette: "A massive Stone dwelling..."; below: "This horn was fashioned by GEO. FREAR...", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper left above vignette: "Sir HENRY CLINTON..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
