Collection Highlights
Declaration of Independence
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1776.4
Medium:
Paper, broadside
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: George Watkins (FW-130), Two sides Depicted with a Vignette Scene of the British Retreating at Lexington, 1775
Object Number:
1907.36.113
Date:
1892
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and copper and gold metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 15 1/8 in. ( 31.8 x 38.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A Grider of Canajohara N.Y. 1892. Right: RA Grider / 1892
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in black ink below powder horn: "Rufus A Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. 1892."; inscribed at lower right: "The GEO. WATKINS...RA Grider / 1892.", with a brief history of the horn; at center below vignette: "British retreating from Lexington..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
