Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Luce Center
Two Powder Horns: Lieutenant John Ballard and Abel Scott (R-126, 127)
Object Number:
1907.36.305
Date:
1890
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, graphite, and gouache, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 5/16 x 14 1/2 in. ( 28.7 x 36.8 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center left: RA Grider / of Canajoharie/ N.Y. Aug. 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at center below upper horn in brown ink: "RA Grider / of Canajoharie / N.Y. Aug. 1890."; inscribed at middle right: "The Lieut. BALLARD.", and at lower right: "The ABEL SCOTT.", each followed by brief histories of the horns
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
