Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: Ebenezer Hitchcock (FW-195), Two Sides Depicted, with a Landscape Vignette of Freehold, New Jersey
Object Number:
1907.36.169
Date:
1894
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 14 in. ( 28.6 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: Rufus A. Grider. Canajoharie N.Y. Nov. 1894.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below powder horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider. Canajoharie N.Y. Nov. 1894 "; inscribed at lower right: "The / EBENEZER / HITCHCOCK…", followed by a brief history of the horn; below vignette: "The old 'TENEMENT CHURCH' at FREEHOLD N.J…."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
