Collection Highlights
William Walton (1706-1768)
Date:
ca. 1750
Object Number:
1902.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Two Powder Horns: The Hunters, German Flask and The French Priming Flask, Two Sides Depicted (F-42)
Object Number:
1907.36.438
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/4 x 11 in. ( 38.7 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Inscribed at bottom: Drawn in London by G. P. Gaskell Artist London, for Rufus A. Grider....
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower center in brown ink: "No. 310 PRIMING FLASK. French -- 17th Century -- made of IVORY..."; below: "No. 311 The HUNTERS. This beautiful POWDER FLASK is / made of IVORY has raised figures- GERMAN...Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. in 1890."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
