Collection Highlights
Masonic apron
Date:
1780-1800
Object Number:
1951.523ab
Medium:
Silk, metal
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: Fort Pitt (FW-49), with Carving Unfurled, and Vignettes of a Portrait of Col. Henry Bouget and the Block House at Fort Pitt
Object Number:
1907.36.48
Date:
c. 1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink and wash, graphite, and gouache with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 32.4 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Lower center: Sketched May 1870 by Rufus A. Grider
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower center below vignette in brown ink: "sketd. 1870 by RA Grider / view of 3 remaining buildings of / Fort Pitt in 1870."; at lower right: "The FORT PITT.", followed by a history of the horn; at lower left below portrait vignette: "Col. Henry Bouguet"
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
