Collection Highlights
Fort Hamilton Polka Redowa
Date:
1852
Object Number:
PR.020.1.1
Medium:
Color Lithograph.
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Powder Horn: The Grey Eagle, with Bullet Pouch, Cap Box, and Charger (I-15), with a Printed Vignette Portrait of Grey Eagle
Object Number:
1907.36.399
Date:
1890
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, gouache, collage, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 7/8 x 13 1/4 in. ( 37.8 x 33.7 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center: Rufus A. Grider of / Canajoharie N.Y./ Dec.30, 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at upper center in gray ink: "Rufus A. Grider of / Canajoharie N.Y. / Dec. 30. 1890."; inscribed at lower right: "The GREY EAGLE. This HORN, BULLET POUCH, CAP BOX and CHARGER..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
