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Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.055.3.105
Medium:
Paper
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: Hobart Spencer (FW136), Two Sides Depicted with Vignettes of the Barracks at Fort Crown Point and Lake Champlain
Object Number:
1907.36.119
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and blue metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/8 x 14 7/8 in. ( 31.4 x 37.8 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: RA Grider 1891
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink below powder horn: "RA Grider Nov. 1891."; inscribed at top right: "The HOBART SPENCER.", with a brief history of the horn; at center below vignette: "Ruins of BARRACKS & part of the PARADE GROUND..."; above vignette at lower right: "View of Lake CHAMPLAIN..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
