Collection Highlights
The Lost Cause
Date:
1871
Object Number:
PR.068.19
Medium:
Engraving
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: Lieutenant John Allyn (R-146), with a Landscape Vignette of West Point, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.323
Date:
1895
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/16 x 14 1/8 in. ( 28.1 x 35.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider. Canajoharie N.y. Jany.20, 1895.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider. Canajoharie N.Y. Jany. 20. 1885."; inscribed at lower right in gray ink: "Lt. JOHN ALLYN.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at center below vignette image: "WEST POINT."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
