Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: The J.H.S., J. Palmer, Owner (H-15), with a Vignette View of Seneca Falls, New York, 1817
Object Number:
1907.36.364
Date:
1889
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 14 3/8 in. ( 27.3 x 36.5 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center: Rufus A. Grider Aug.7, 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider Aug. 7. 1889."; inscribed at middle right: "The PALMER.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right below vignette: "View of part of SENECA FALLS in 1817..."; annotations in graphite
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
