Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Havell plate no. 26
Date:
c. 1825
Object Number:
1863.17.26
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Powder Horn: The Alaska, with Bullet Pouch and Cap Box (I-16), with Vignette Portraits of an Eskimo Man and Shank the Steersman
Object Number:
1907.36.400
Date:
1890
Medium:
Gouache, watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
15 x 12 3/4 in.
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: RA Grider Dec.30/ Canajoharie 1890/ N.Y.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in black ink wash: "R.A. Grider Dec. 30/ 1890. / Canajoharie N.Y."; inscribed at lower right: "The ALASKA....", followed by a brief history of the horn; at middle right below upper vignette: "TYPES / of ALASKA ESKIMO INDS."; at middle right below lower vignette: "SHANK the STEERSMAN / OF THE / FRANK LESLIE ALASKA / EXPEDITION in 1890."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
