Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: John A. Flint (FW-122), with Carving Unfurled; verso: Four Studies of Colonial Implements
Object Number:
1907.36.105
Date:
1888
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite with selective glazing on paper; graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 5/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( 29.5 x 35.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: RA Grider Canajohorie N.Y. Ap 1888.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown ink below powder horn: "RA Grider, Canajoharie N.Y. / Ap.1888."; inscribed and signed at lower right: "The JOHN A. FLINT / powder HORN....RA Grider 1888." with a brief history of the horn and annotations in graphite
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
