Collection Highlights
Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover
Date:
1950
Object Number:
1956.7
Medium:
Oil on paper laid on board
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Two Powder Horns: The S. T. and The H. I. (FW-59, 60), with Vignettes Showing Both Sides of the David Reed Tavern Sign, Concord, Massachusetts
Object Number:
1907.36.58
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 13 3/16 in. ( 27.9 x 33.5 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: RA Grider Aug, 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below powder horn in brown wash: "RA Grider Augt. 1891"; inscribed at center in black wash: "The SIGN of the DAVID REED / TAVERN 4 miles E. of Concord Mass. / posessed[sic] by the Concord Hist.Society / at concord, Mass. 1890."; at upper left vertically: "TWO POWDER HORNS used / by the Mass. Pilgrims...", with a brief history of the horn
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
