Collection Highlights
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book
Date:
1859
Object Number:
LIB.E449.C5372
Medium:
Bound volume
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Swan (F-32), with Carving that Depicts the Myth 'Leda and the Swan'
Object Number:
1907.36.429
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink and wash, gouache, gray wash, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 3/8 x 11 in. ( 39.1 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: Rufus A. Grider/ 1891
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center inside image in white gouache: "Rufus A Grider / 1891."; inscribed below in brown ink: "The 'SWAN'. A POWDER HORN made of STAGS HORN / FRENCH...", followed by a brief history of the horn; graphite annotations identify the images engraved on the horn as the myth of Juptier and Leda
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
