Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
Date:
1859
Object Number:
1972.13
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Samuel Campbell (R-45), with Carving Unfurled, and a Vignette View of Brant's Rock
Object Number:
1907.36.226
Date:
1888
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 14 in. ( 28.6 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center bottom: RA Grider/ July 18, 1888. Signed right: Sketched by/ RA Grider/ 1888
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below horn in brown ink: "RA Grider / July 18. 1888."; inscribed at lower right below landscape vignette: "BRANT'S ROCK behind which the Chief hid…"; at lower left: "This horn is owned by Saml. Campbell at cherry Valley..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
