Collection Highlights
Balustrade section from Federal Hall, New York
Date:
1788-1789
Object Number:
1884.3
Medium:
Painted wrought iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Ira West (R-122), Two Sides Depicted, with Vignettes of Lexington Green in 1794 and a Portrait of Lord Percy
Object Number:
1907.36.301
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/8 x 14 3/4 in. ( 30.8 x 37.5 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: RA Grider Dec. 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below horn in brown ink: "RA Grider Dec 1890."; at lower left: "The IRA WEST.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper center below vignette: "LEXINGTON GREEN view taken in 1794..."; at upper center below vignette: "LORD PERCY"
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
