Collection Highlights
I Knew Him Horatio
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Horatio
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: Lieutenant Samuel Peck (FW-180), with Vignettes of the British Landing in Boston in 1768, and Portraits of John Hancock and Samuel Adams
Object Number:
1907.36.157
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 14 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: Rufus A. Grider Aug. 6, 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below powder horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider Aug. 6. 1890."; inscribed at lower left: "The LIEUT. PECK.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at center below vignette: "LANDING of the TROOPS in BOSTON, 1768, from a Wood Cut / drawn & engraved by PAUL REVERE...", with facsimilies of Hancock's and Adam's signatures at right below each portrait
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
