Collection Highlights
Declaration of Independence
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1776.4
Medium:
Paper, broadside
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: The C. D. M. (R-74), with Carving Unfurled and a Vignette of a Dwelling Fortified by Pickets
Object Number:
1907.36.253
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and green metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. ( 26 x 35.2 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower left: Rufus A. Grider July 21, 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider July 21. 1889."; inscribed at lower right below vignette: "A FORTIFIED DWELLING -- surrounded / by Pickets..."; at middle right: "C. D. M.", followed by a brief history of the horn
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
