Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Onondaga (I-7), with Vignette Views of Lake Oneida and the Ruins of Fort Brewerton
Object Number:
1907.36.391
Date:
1888
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, collage, gouache, graphite, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 14 in. ( 29.2 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: signed center right: RA Grider July/ 1888
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at center below horn in brown ink: "RA. Grider July / 1888."; inscribed at middle right: "ONONDAGA."; at lower right beside vignette: "ONEIDA LAKE, Frenchman's / Island in the distance..."; at upper center above vignette: "West side of the remains of FORT BREWERTON..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
