Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: John Dodridge (FW-176), with a Portrait Vignette of General Burgoyne
Object Number:
1907.36.153
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/16 x 14 3/4 in. ( 28.1 x 37.5 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: RA Grider July 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below powder horn in brown ink: "RA Grider July 1890."; inscribed at lower right: "The DODRIDGE", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper right beside vignette: "Genl. Burgoyne / after a picture in / ANDREW'S History...", with a facsimilie of Burgoyne's signature
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
