Collection Highlights
Speech of His Excellency George Washington, Esq; president of the United States of America, delivered to the Honorable the Congress
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1789.39
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Thomas Hodsdon (FW-74), with Vignettes of Two Historical Houses, a Fireplace and a Tomb
Object Number:
1907.36.68
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and gold and green metallic pigment with selective glazing and three collaged prints
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/16 x 15 3/8 in. ( 28.4 x 39.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: RA Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1891; and at lower right and lower left.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below powder horn in gray wash: "RA Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1891."; inscribed and signed at middle left below sketch of tombstone and at middle right; inscribed at upper left under print: "The Old CATAMOUNT TAVERN Vermont..."; at center under print: "Col. Frederick Baum..."; at middle right: "The THOMAS HODSDON.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right next to print: "The Old / FIRE PLACE..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
