Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Three Powder Horns: German and French Stag Antler Horns (F-25, 26, 27)
Object Number:
1907.36.424
Date:
1890
Medium:
Gouache, black ink and wash, watercolor, brown ink, and graphite, with heavy glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 7/8 x 13 in. ( 37.8 x 33 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Canajoharie N.Y.. Signed bottom right: Rufus A. Grider/ 6th Nov. 1890
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed along lower edge in brown ink: "Canajoharie N.Y. Rufus A Grider / 6th Nov. 1890."; inscribed at middle left: "STAG'S HORN. IRON MOUNTED. AD 1550....MADE IN GERMANY."; at middle right: "STAG'S HORN. MADE IN GERMANY..."; at lower center: "MADE IN FRANCE. / SAMSON KILLING THE / LION..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
