Collection Highlights
Kerchief
Date:
1776-1777
Object Number:
1952.63
Medium:
Linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: James Fenwick (H-10), with a Vignette View of 'Putnam's Wolf Den' near Pomfret, Connecticut
Object Number:
1907.36.359
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, black and brown ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. Oct. 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. Oct. 1890."; inscribed at lower right: "PUTNAM & the WOLF.", followed by an extensive anecdote; at upper right: "The JAMES FENWICK.", with a brief history of the horn; at center beside vignette: "PUTNAM'S / WOLF DEN / near / POMFRET Conn...."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
