Collection Highlights
Cayambe
Date:
1858
Object Number:
S-91
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Chatfield (R-96), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette View of the Jane McCrea House, Fort Edward, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.275
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and bronze metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 14 5/8 in. ( 30.5 x 37.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower right: RA Grider/ May 29, 1891
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "RA Grider / May 29 1891."; at upper right: "The JANE MCCREA house...R.A. Grider"; also signed inside vignette image; at lower left: "The CORNELIUS / CHATFIELD.", 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.
