Collection Highlights
Important meeting of the African Civilization Society, at the Cooper Institute, Wednesday evening, March 7th, 1860, at eight o'clock
Date:
1860
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1860.48
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: W.FS. Ford (FW-163), Two Sides Depicted, with a Portait Vignette of General Cornwallis
Object Number:
1907.36.142
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 13 3/8 in. ( 27.9 x 34 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center left: rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. Aug. 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. Augt. 1890."; inscribed at lower left: "The W. FS. FORD…", followed by a brief history of the horn; above portrait vignette: "LORD CORNWALLIS…."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
