Collection Highlights
Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States
Date:
1858
Object Number:
LIB.KF4550.Z9.B76
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Drawings
Two Powder Horns: The Chas B. Littleton, and The Samuel Darling (FW-155, 156)
Object Number:
1907.36.135
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/8 x 15 1/8 in. ( 27.6 x 38.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center: Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider of Canajoharie N.Y."; inscribed at lower left: "The Chas. B. Littleton…"; below: "The SAMUEL DARLING…", with brief histories of the horns
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
