Collection Highlights
Declaration of Independence
Date:
1820-1823
Object Number:
PR.221.44
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Josiah Herrick (FW-197), with a Landscape Vignette of Lake Cayuga, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.171
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/16 x 13 5/16 in. ( 26.2 x 33.8 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center: sketched Aug 27, 1889 by Tufus A. Grider. Bottom left: Rufus A. Grider July 1st, 1889.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below powder horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider July 1st 1889."; inscribed at lower right: "The JOSIAH HERRICK…", followed by a brief history of the horn; at center below vignette: "LAKE CAYUGA N.Y. at Cayuga R.R. Station..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
