Collection Highlights
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Date:
ca. 1845
Object Number:
PR.012.2.885
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Powder Horn: John Graves (FW-44), with Vignettes of a Portrait of General Braddock and a Scene of British Redcoats in Battle During the French War
Object Number:
1907.36.43
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, brown and black ink and wash, graphite, and gold, copper, and green metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 7/8 x 15 in. ( 32.7 x 38.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: Rufus A. Grider of / Canajoharie N.Y. / 1891
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in black ink: "The John Graves."; above vignette at middle right: "Genl. BRADDOCK."; at lower right below portrait is a brief history of the horn; signed below vignette at lower center: "Rufus A Grider of / Canajoharie N.Y. / 1891."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
