Collection Highlights
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
Date:
ca. 1849
Object Number:
MSS.GallatinPapers.1
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Joseph Prentice (R-149), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette of the Sanford Tavern Sign, Hartford, Connecticut
Object Number:
1907.36.326
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and blue and silver metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 14 1/2 in. ( 28.3 x 36.8 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center right: Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N. Y./ Aug 6, 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle right below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. / Aug. 6. 1890."; inscribed at lower left: "The JOSEPH PRENTICE.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper center beside vignette: "SWING TAVERN SIGN of the / SANFORD TAVERN at HARTFORD..."; verso has annotations in graphite
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
