Collection Highlights
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.QH41.C26.1974
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Phinehas Farington (FW-75), with Carving Unfurled to Show a Map of the Hudson River Valley, 1759
Object Number:
1907.36.69
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and copper and green metallic pigment with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 15 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 38.7 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: RA Grider / of Canajoharie N.Y.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in brown ink: "The / FARINGTON... / RA Grider / of Canajoharie N.Y.", 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.
