Collection Highlights

Novi Belgii Novaque Angliae Nec Non Partis Virginiae Tabula
Date:
After 1655
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M31.1.38
Medium:
Engraving, hand colored

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Four Powder Horns: Three Ivory Horns and a Flask (F-21, 22, 23, 24), One with Two Sides Depicted

Object Number: 
1907.36.423
Artist/Maker:
Rufus Alexander Grider
Date: 
1890
Medium: 
Brown and black ink and wash, graphite, gouache, collage, watercolor, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 14 1/4 x 17 5/16 in. ( 36.2 x 44 cm )
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. Nov. 1890
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at upper left and lower right in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. Novr. 1890."; inscribed at upper left: "Carved / STAG'S HORN..."; at lower left: "No. 1.A. / A GERMAN / POWDER HORN made of IVORY..."; at upper center: "Carved Stag's / HORN..."; at center: "No 7. / Carved IVORY / POWDER FLASK..."
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group