Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Powder Horn: The French (F-30), Two Sides Depicted
Object Number:
1907.36.427
Date:
c. 1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/8 x 15 3/16 in. ( 30.8 x 38.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center right: Rufus A. Grider/ Canajoharie N.Y.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at middle right in brown ink: "A FRENCH / POWDER HORN carved in high / relief...Rufus A Grider / Canajoharie N.Y."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
