Collection Highlights
Central Park Competition Entry No. 29
Date:
March, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.233
Medium:
Ink and Wash
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Powder Horn: The J. P. (R-93), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette Scene of Taring and Feathering the British Customs Officer in Boston, 1774, after a print
Object Number:
1907.36.272
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, brown ink, graphite, and gold, copper, and blue metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/8 x 14 5/8 in. ( 31.4 x 37.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed top center: Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. Bottom right: Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at upper center below horn in brown ink and graphite: "Rufus A. Grider. Canajoharie N.Y."; inscribed at center in brown ink: "THE / JP", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right below vignette: "A NEW METHOD OF MACARONY MAKING AS PRACTISE AT BOSTON", followed by a poem from the 1774 print
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
