Collection Highlights
Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918
Date:
1918
Object Number:
1984.68
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: The White Plains, Horn with Gourd Bulb (F-54)
Object Number:
1907.36.450
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and silver and gold metallic pigment, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 5/8 x 14 9/16 in. ( 29.5 x 37 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center: RA Grider, Dec 3r, 1889.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below horn in brown ink: "RA. Grider. Dec. 31. 1889."; inscribed at lower right: "The White Plains. / This peculiar horn has a Gourd bulb attached...", 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.
