Collection Highlights
Ulysses S. Grant at Cold Harbor
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.052.56.GrantUniform.Photos.
Medium:
Photograph
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: Lemuel Combs (R-104), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette Portrait of Lord North, Prime Minister of England, 1770-1782
Object Number:
1907.36.283
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink and wash, brown ink, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 14 7/16 in. ( 27.9 x 36.7 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed left bottom: Rufus A. Grider Augt. 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider Augt 1890"; inscribed at lower right: "The COMBS.", followed by a brief history of the horn; facsimilie signature at center in gray ink: "NORTH"; at upper center beside vignette: "PORTRAIT OF / LORD NORTH..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
