Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Burt (FW-148), with a Landscape Vignette of Lake Champlain, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.131
Date:
1887
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/16 x 13 5/8 in. ( 28.1 x 34.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: Sketched July 11th, 1887 by Grider / Canajoharie
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside vignette in black ink: "RA Grider 1887"; inscribed at lower left: "The BURT…"; below vignette: "A view looking S.E. from FORT TICONDEROGA…"
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
