Collection Highlights
Salver
Date:
1772-1773
Object Number:
1928.24
Medium:
Silver
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Mexican (MW-1), with a Vignette View of Matamoros, Mexico, in 1848; verso: fragmentary crest design
Object Number:
1907.36.349
Date:
1887
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, and graphite, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 11 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 28.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: RA Grider Dec. 30, 1887
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "R A. Grider Dec 30 1887."; inscribed at lower right: "The / MEXICAN", followed by a brief history of the horn; at middle left inside vignette image: "VIEW OF / MATAMORAS[sic] / IN 1848."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
