Collection Highlights
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1927.59
Medium:
Plaster with wash
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Whittlesey (FW-53), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette View of Cape Baptist near Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Canada
Object Number:
1907.36.52
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, black and brown ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/8 x 14 3/4 in. ( 27.6 x 37.5 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: RA Grider Aug 2, 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in brown ink: "RA Grider Aug. 2. 1891."; inscribed at center below vignette in black ink over graphite: "CAPE BAPTIST -- entrance into the BASIN of MINES near / LOUISBURG -- CAPE BRETON -- Newfoundland."; at lower right in black ink: "The Whittlesey.", 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.
