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Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.055.3.105
Medium:
Paper
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: Abraham Lincey (R-75), with a Vignette View of a Battlefield near Herkimer, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.254
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 14 3/16 in. ( 27.3 x 36 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower left: Rufus A. Grider July 1889. Upper left: Sketched July 1889/ by RA Grider
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider July 1889."; also signed and dated inside vignette image; inscribed at center below vignette: "the site where 12 men fell in the Revolution..."; at middle right: "ABRAHAM LINCEY.", followed by a brief history of the horn and its owners; lower right has extensive annotations regarding the battle near Herkimer, New York
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
