Collection Highlights
American Bastille
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.E458.8.M36.1870F.XL
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: The M. D. (FW-110), with a Landscape Vignette of the Fort at Sackets Harbor, New York, in 1815
Object Number:
1907.36.93
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/8 x 12 15/16 in. ( 27.6 x 32.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center right: RA Grider Feb. 11, 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink below powder horn: "RA Grider Feb 11. 1889. / The FORT at SACKETS HARBOR in 1815. / M.D.", with a brief history of the horn
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
