Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Two Powder Horns: The S. I. and The Samuel Alden (FW-67, 68), with a Vignette View of the Fort Harmer on the Muskingum River, Ohio
Object Number:
1907.36.62
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and green and copper metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. ( 27 x 34.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: signed center right: RA Grider Aug 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right below powder horn in brown ink: "RA Grider Augt. 890"; inscribed at center below vignette in: "."; at lower left: "The S. I. / A French War Horn of 1757. / The SAMUEL ALDEN", 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.
