Collection Highlights
Plan of the Central Park, New York : Entry No. 4 in the competition
Date:
March 20, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.234
Medium:
Ink and colored washes
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Powder Horn: The Half Moon (FW-135), Two Sides Depicted
Object Number:
1907.36.118
Date:
1887
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 14 in. ( 28.3 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center left: Rufus A Grider Nov 3d 1887
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at center in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider Nov. 3rd 1884.; inscribed at lower right: "The HALF MOON", with a brief history of the horn; at lower center: "The HALF MOON TAVERN shown on this horn..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
