Collection Highlights
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Date:
1805
Object Number:
1867.306
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: William Lee (1812-11), with Carving Unfurled, and a Photo Vignette View of the Fort at Oswego, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.347
Date:
1896
Medium:
Black ink and wash, gouache, watercolor, brown ink, collage, graphite, and blue and silver metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 15 1/16 in. ( 30.5 x 38.3 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower center: RA Grider/ Canajoharie/ N.Y. Ap. 1896
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "RA Grider / Canajoharie / N.Y. Ap. 1896."; inscribed at lower right: "The WILLIAM LEE.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper center below vignette: "The U.S. FORT at OSWEGO N.Y."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
