Collection Highlights
Dragonfly table lamp
Date:
ca. 1900-1906
Object Number:
N84.113.1
Medium:
Glass, bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: John McGraw (R-48), with a Vignette View of the Middle Fort, Schoharie County, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.229
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 13 9/16 in. ( 24.4 x 34.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: RA Grider/ 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider July 25 1887."; inscribed at lower left: "The JOHN Mc GRAW…," followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right: "View from the N.E. of the MIDDLE FORT..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
