Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Powder Horn: Thomas Hastings (FW-158), with Carving Unfurled
Object Number:
1907.36.137
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and copper and gold metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( 27.6 x 35.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: signed bottom right: Rufus A. Grider/ Canajoharie n>Y. 1890. Left: Rufus A. Grider/ Canajoharie N.Y.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider/Canajoharie N.Y. 1890."; inscribed at lower left of horn: "The THOS. HASTINGS…", followed by a brief history of the horn
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
