Collection Highlights
Central Park Competition Entry No. 29
Date:
March, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.233
Medium:
Ink and Wash
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Powder Horn: The Constitution & Guerriere (1812-6), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette View of Sandy Creek, near Lake Champlain
Object Number:
1907.36.342
Date:
1891
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, gouache, graphite, and gold 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: Signed lower left: RA Grider 1891.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "RA Grider / 1891."; also signed at upper right; inscribed at upper right: "The CONSTITUTION & GUERRIERE.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right below vignette: "VIEW of SANDY CREEK..."; verso has annotations in graphite
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
