Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Powder Horn: Timothy Fuller (FW-109), with Vignettes of the Blockhouse at Oneida Lake, New York with a Map, and the Ruins of the Magazine at Fort Chartres, Illinois
Object Number:
1907.36.92
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. ( 29.2 x 34.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center right: RA Grider May 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink below powder horn: "RA Grider May 1889."; inscribed at lower right: "The TIMOTHY FULLER."; below: "BLOCK HOUSE & FORT", with brief histories of the horn and fort; with annotations in graphite
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
