Collection Highlights
Our Indian Policy
Date:
1875
Object Number:
PR.029.1
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Powder Horn: Jacob Van Wostt (R-138), with a Vignette View of the Aqueduct at Schoharie, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.316
Date:
1889
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 13 9/16 in. ( 28.3 x 34.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider Dec.20, 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center and lower left in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. Dec. 20th 1889."; inscribed at lower center: " 'JONAS ALOT VOOR DEN HEERE' / Translation / How Jonah navigated the Sea...(correct translation: 'Jonah cast out before the Lord')"; at center below vignette: "The Acquiduct[sic] over the Schoharie..."; at lower right: "The JACOB VAN WOSTT", 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.
