Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: Seth Brooks (R-124), with Vignettes of the Crossroads near Lexington and Concord, and the Monument at Acton, Massachusetts
Object Number:
1907.36.303
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/16 x 14 5/16 in. ( 28.4 x 36.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: RA Grider July 30, 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "RA Grider July 30. 1890."; also signed inside landscape vignette; inscribed at lower right below vignette: "The MONUMENT at ACTON Mass."; at lower center: "The AMOS BARRET..."; with extensive historical annotations at upper left and center regarding Revolutionary soldiers James Hayward, Isaac Davis, and Abner Hosmer, and also Paul Revere's ride and the battle at Acton
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
