Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
Date:
1924
Object Number:
1952.45
Medium:
Patinated plaster on a wooden base
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Powder Horn: Nathaniel L. Rost (R-19) with a Vignette Scene of British Soldiers and Native Americans Burning Buildings, Mohawk Valley, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.203
Date:
1892
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and green and gold metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/8 x 14 7/8 in. ( 31.4 x 37.8 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: July 1891 RA Grider. Center left: RA Grider/ 1892
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in brown ink: "The Ntl. L. Rost...July 1891. RA Grider", with a brief history of the horn; also inscribed and signed inside vignette image; inscribed at center below vignette: "PALATINE CHURCH Montgomery Co. N.Y...."; at upper right: "WHY WAS THIS BUILDING NOT BURNT…", followed by extensive historical notes
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
