Collection Highlights
Wonderful Willie! : What he and Tommy did to Spain / sketches and rhymes by L.D. Bradley.
Date:
ca. 1899
Object Number:
LIB.PZ7.B66.W6
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Two Powder Horns: The Solomon Plant, and The Elles Benson (FW-96, 97), with a Vignette View of the Ruins of Windmill Point, Canada
Object Number:
1907.36.82
Date:
1892
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and copper metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/8 x 13 3/8 in. ( 28.9 x 34 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: RA Grider of/ Canajoharie N.Y. 1892
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below powder horn in brown ink: "RA Grider / of Canajoharie N.Y. 1892."; inscribed at lower right: "No. 96. / The / SOLOMON PLANT."; below: "No. 97. The ELLES BENSON", followed by brief histories of the horns; at center below vignette: "RUINS of WINDMILL POINT, Prescott, U. Canada...", followed by a brief history
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
