Collection Highlights
Receipted bill, John Vernon to Benjamin White
Date:
1794
Object Number:
MSS.3
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: John Diggles (FW-128), with Carving Unfurled
Object Number:
1907.36.111
Date:
1887
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and green metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 14 in. ( 28.6 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower left: RA Grider Oct. 23, 1887
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown ink below powder horn: "RA Grider Oct. 23d 1887."; inscribed at lower right: "The JOHN DIGGLES.", with a brief history of the horn at lower center
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
