Collection Highlights
Siamese Twins
Date:
1836
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1836.55
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Peter Van Loo (FW-211), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette Scene of the Upper Fort of Schoharie, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.184
Date:
1896
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and gold, copper, silver, and blue metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 15 1/8 in. ( 30.5 x 38.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center bottom: Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1896
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left beside horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1896."; at right of center: "The PETER VAN LOO Pr. horn.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower center below vignette: "The UPPER FORT of SCHOHARIE..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
