Collection Highlights
"St. Nicholas. Dec. 6th. A.D. 343"
Date:
1810
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1810.94
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: Jansen Wurts (FW-167), with a Landscape Vignette of Kingston, New York in 1819, after John Vanderlyn
Object Number:
1907.36.146
Date:
c. 1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, collage, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 13 in. ( 27.3 x 33 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center: RA Grider 1890
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "The JANSEN WURTS...", followed by a brief history of the horn at lower center; at middle left below vignette: "KINGSTON N.Y. in 1819 by JOHN VANDERLYN..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
