Collection Highlights
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights
Date:
1844
Object Number:
LIB.M1622a.Hutchinson
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Museum Collections
Powder Horn: John Peterson (R-81), Two Sides Depicted, with Vignette Views of the Liberty Tree at Boston and the Tearing Down of the Flag by the British in 1775, and a Portrait of Brigadier General Greaton
Object Number:
1907.36.260
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and blue metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 14 3/8 in. ( 31.1 x 36.5 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: Rufus A. Grider/ Canajoharie N.Y. 1891
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below horn in black ink: "Rufus A Grider / Canajoharie N.Y. 1891."; at middle right: "The / J. PETERSON.", followed by an extensive history of the horn; at center below vignette: "The LIBERTY TREE..."; at middle left: "Brig. GENERAL GREATON..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
