Collection Highlights
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-229
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Jacob Berger (FW-66), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette View of the Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.61
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and green and copper metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 14 1/2 in. ( 27.9 x 36.8 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: not signed
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at center below vignette in black ink: "RUINS OF TICONDEROGA in 1818. taken from the / Analectic Mag. Philadelphia 1818."; at upper left in brown ink: "The JACOB BERGER.", followed by a brief history of the horn
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
