Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Date:
1916-1922
Object Number:
1954.164
Medium:
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Daniel Chapman (FW-192), with a Landscape Vignette of the Narrows at Lake George and Photograph of Crown Point, Lake Champlain, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.166
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, collage, gouache, graphite, and photograph collage with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/16 x 13 15/16 in. ( 28.4 x 35.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below powder horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider 1889."; inscribed at middle right: "The CHAPMAN…", followed by a brief history of the horn; at center below vignette: "The NARROWS, LAKE GEORGE."; at lower right below photograph: "The ruins of CROWN POINT on LAKE / CHAMPLAIN…"
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
