Collection Highlights
A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Date:
1670
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1670.Den
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: Hezekiah Ford (FW-177), Two Sides Depicted, with Landscape Vignettes of Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Tye
Object Number:
1907.36.154
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 14 1/2 in. ( 27.9 x 36.8 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower right: RA Grider/ July 23d 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right below powder horn in brown ink: "RA Grider July 23d. 1890"; inscribed at lower center: "The FORD.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower left below vignette: "Ancient view of FORT 'TYE'..."; at upper center beside vignette: "Modern view of FORT / TICONDEROGA..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
