Collection Highlights
The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
Date:
1885-1886
Object Number:
LIB.XL.CT.G763.A3
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Powder Horn: The Lexington (R-85), with Vignettes of the Statue of a Minuteman, Concord, and a Scene of Battle in 1775, Lexington, Massachusetts
Object Number:
1907.36.264
Date:
c. 1888
Medium:
Black ink, watercolor, gouache, brown ink, graphite, bronze and gold metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 5/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( 32.1 x 35.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: not signed
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at center above vignette in brown ink: "BRITISH ATTACK AT / LEXINGTON..."; inscribed at upper right: "The LEXINGTON. / was found under the ground...", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right below vignette: "MARBLE STATUA [sic] / OF A MINUET [sic] MAN..."; at lower center: "AT THIS SPOT ON APRIL 19 1775...", and at lower left: "NEAR THIS SPOT / SAML WHITTEMORE..."; followed by brief histories of the Revolutionary battle
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
