Collection Highlights
Architect's Sign
Date:
ca. 1837
Object Number:
1953.197
Medium:
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Thomas Heald and Samuel Hedden (FW-113), with Carving Unfurled and a Landscape Vignette of Quebec, Canada, in 1759
Object Number:
1907.36.96
Date:
1887
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. ( 27.6 x 35.2 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower left: RA Grider Aug. 26, 1887
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown ink below powder horn: "RA Grider Aug 26. 1887. / The HEALD-HEDDON HORN.", 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.
