Collection Highlights
An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: comprehending a view of the principal transactions in the revolution of Saint Domingo; with its antient and modern state
Date:
1805
Object Number:
LIB.F1923.R15.1
Medium:
Paper, book
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: Elisha Thompson (FW-108), with a Landscape Vignette of the Schoharie and Mohawk Valleys
Object Number:
1907.36.91
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 13 15/16 in. ( 27.9 x 35.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: RA Grider/ May 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink below powder horn: "RA Grider May 1889."; inscribed at lower right: "The THOMPSON.", with a brief history of the horn; at upper left below vignette: "When the SCHOHARIE & MOHAWK Valley / were raided..."; with annotations in graphite
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
