Collection Highlights
Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant
Date:
1656
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1656.D
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Museum Collections
Powder Horn: Jonathan Clark Lewis (R-94), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette Reproducing the John J. Lawyer Tavern Sign, Schoharie, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.273
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, gouache, graphite, and gold, copper, and blue metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 14 3/16 in. ( 33 x 36 cm )
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right below horn in brown ink: "R.A. Grider May 1891"; also signed at upper left below vignette: "RA Grider."; inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "The JONATHAN / CLARK LEWIS...Rufus A. Grider...1891", with a history of the horn; at upper center beside vignette: "OLD TIME TAVERN SIGN", followed by a history of the J.J. Lawyer Tavern
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
