Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Philbric Colby (FW-76), with Carving Unfurled and a Landscape Vignette of Sloop Island on Lake George, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.70
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and gold and green metallic pigment with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/8 x 15 1/8 in. ( 31.4 x 38.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: not signed
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "The / PHILBRIC / COLBY Powr. Horn...", followed by a brief history of the horn; at left of center under landscape vignette: "SLOOP ISLAND LAKE GEORGE N.Y."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
