Collection Highlights
Portrait of Six Young Women Seated in a Turkish Corner
Date:
Object Number:
PR.120.1.3.SIX
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Powder Horn: Jonathan Gardner (R-92), Two Sides Depicted, with a Portrait Vignette of Commander Daniel Morgan
Object Number:
1907.36.271
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, brown ink, graphite, and gold, copper, and blue metallic pigment, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/4 x 14 7/8 in. ( 33.7 x 37.8 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: Rufus / A. Grider of / Canajoharie/ N. Y. / July 1891
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at center below horn in white gouache: "Rufus / A. Grider / of Canajoharie / N.Y. / July 1891."; also signed at middle and lower right inside vignette; inscribed at center in brown ink: "THE JONATHAN GARDNER.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right below vignette: "Danl Morgan [facsimile signature]", after a painting by Chappel...."; followed by a brief history of Morgan's Riflemen
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
