Collection Highlights
Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (1829-1893)
Date:
1878
Object Number:
1893.2
Medium:
Oil on millboard
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Dorchester Hill, Stephen Clark, Owner (R-139), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette View of the Schram Log Cabin, Schoharie County, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.317
Date:
1880
Medium:
Watercolor, black and brown ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/8 x 13 7/8 in. ( 28.9 x 35.2 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center right: Rufus A. Grider/ Aug.1888. Bottom left: RA Grider/ Aug. 1888
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at center below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider / Aug. 1888."; also signed and inscribed at lower left and right; inscribed at lower right in black ink: "The DORCHESTER HILL.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower left below vignette: "The SCHRAM LOG CABIN..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
