Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: George Odiorne (R-37), with Carving Unfurled Showing Caricatures Resisting the Boston Port Bill
Object Number:
1907.36.218
Date:
1891
Medium:
Black and brown ink and wash, gouache, watercolor, graphite, and bronze metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 15 in. ( 33 x 38.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A.Grider/ of Canajoharie N.Y. 1891.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in gray gouache: "Rufus A Grider / of Canajoharie N.Y. Sept.1891"; inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "The GEORGE ODIORNE," followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right: "The CARICATURES / show the effect of the / BOSTON PORT BILL / IN AMERICA."; followed by a brief history of the incident
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
