Collection Highlights

Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-229
Medium:
Oil on canvas

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Powder Horn: P. Bain (H-16), with a Vignette View of David Crockett's Birthplace, Tennessee

Object Number: 
1907.36.365
Artist/Maker:
Rufus Alexander Grider
Date: 
1889
Medium: 
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 3/4 x 13 13/16 in. ( 27.3 x 35.1 cm )
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed lower left: RA Grider July31, 1889
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider July 31. 1889."; inscribed at lower right: "The BAIN.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at center below vignette: "David Crockett's birthplace-residence / in east Tennessee"
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group