Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1785-1789
Object Number:
1916.7
Medium:
Mahogany; pine, poplar
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Thirteen United States (R-153), with a Printed Vignette Scene of Yankee Doodle
Object Number:
1907.36.330
Date:
c. 1890
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink and wash, brown ink, collage, graphite, and blue and silver metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. ( 31.8 x 36.8 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: not signed
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in black ink: "The 'THIRTEEN UNIT[sic] STATES'...", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right below vignette: "YANKEE DOODLE"
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
