Collection Highlights
Masonic apron
Date:
1780-1800
Object Number:
1951.523ab
Medium:
Silk, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: John Vaughan (FW-147), with Carving Unfurled and a Landscape Vignette of Saratoga, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.130
Date:
1887
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. ( 27.3 x 34.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: signed bottom center: R A Grider Dec. 26, 1887
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "R A Grider Dec. 26. 1887."; inscribed at right of horn: "The DUEL…"; with a brief history of the horn at upper center; below vignette: "The house in which Gen. Frazer died…".
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
