Collection Highlights
Architect's Sign
Date:
ca. 1837
Object Number:
1953.197
Medium:
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Jeams Thomson (R-112), Two Sides Depicted, with Vignettes of a Portrait of Marinus Willett and a View of Old Fort Herkimer, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.291
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 5/16 x 13 1/2 in. ( 28.7 x 34.3 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider May 13, 1890.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below horn in gray ink: "Rufus A. Grider May 13th 1890. / The JEAMES[sic] THOMPSON Powder Horn...", followed by a brief history of the horn; at center below vignette: "OLD / FORT HERKIMER at MOHAWK..."; at upper right: "The / JEAMS / THOMPSON / Powder / Horn."; at lower right encircling vignette: "MARINUS WILLETT / 1740 1830. / THE HERO OF FORT SCHUYLER 1777..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
