Collection Highlights
Augustus Coe Gurnee dressed for the Vanderbilt costume ball, March 26, 1883
Date:
March 26, 1883
Object Number:
PR.223.1.16.1
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Powder Horn: Silas Pratt (R-50) with a Vignette Scene of the Massacre at Cherry Valley, New York, 1778
Object Number:
1907.36.231
Date:
1892
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and green and copper metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. ( 29.5 x 36.5 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: center bottom: Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1892
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below horn in black ink: "Rufus A Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1892"; inscribed at lower right: The SILAS PRATT…," followed by a brief history of the horn; inscribed at right of vignette scene: "The Killing of Mr ROBERT WELLS & his daughter…"
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
