Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Veeder (FW-145), with Landscape Vignette of a Log Cabin; verso: fragmentary design for a crest
Object Number:
1907.36.128
Date:
1887
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and green metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper; graphite and black crayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 11 3/8 in. ( 27.9 x 28.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: signed bottom center: R A Grider/ Dec.31, 1887
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "R A Grider Dec. 31. 1887."; signed at lower left inside vignette: "sketched Dec. 31 1887 / by R A Grider"; inscribed at lower left: "The VEEDER...", followed by 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.
