Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: The C. F. E. (R-41), with Vignette Scene of the Painted Rocks with Native Americans, and a Testimonial
Object Number:
1907.36.222
Date:
1888
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. ( 26.7 x 32.7 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed upper center: RA Grider Augt. 1888. Signed bottom center: the rocks from nature Oct. 21, 1887...
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at center below powder horn in brown ink: "RA Grider Aug. 1888."; also inscribed and signed inside vignette image; inscribed at lower center below vignette: "I was born at Amsterdam in the year 1826...Geo. P. Livingston, M.D."; inscribed at lower left: "The C.F.E.," followed by a brief history of the horn; annotations at lower left and right
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
