Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Beauty, Ivory European Hunting Horn (F-29), with Strap
Object Number:
1907.36.426
Date:
1891
Medium:
Gray wash, watercolor, gouache, graphite, and silver metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/8 x 14 3/16 in. ( 25.7 x 36 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: not signed
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "The Beauty / Foreign P Horn made of Ivory, / for Hunting purposes..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
