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Date:
1788
Object Number:
1903.12
Medium:
Silk, paint
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: Edward Sherburne (R-14), with Carving Unfurled and a Landscape Vignette of the Great Elm Tree, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Object Number:
1907.36.198
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and copper and blue metallic pigment with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 15 3/8 in. ( 28.3 x 39.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: not signed
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right: "The / SHERBURNE", followed by a brief history of the horn; inscribed at lower right above vignette: "THE GREAT ELM at CAMBRIDGE...."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
