Collection Highlights
Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (1829-1893)
Date:
1878
Object Number:
1893.2
Medium:
Oil on millboard
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Lodovicus Viele (FW-5), with a Vignette of Seneca Lake, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.5
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, brown ink, gouache, and selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 13 1/2 in. ( 28.3 x 34.3 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed top center: RAGrider July 3, 1888. Signed bottom left: RA Grider Jany 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed inside landscape vignette at upper center in brown ink: "RA. Grider July 3, 1888"; inscribed below, outside landscape vignette: "View on SENECA LAKE approaching & near WATKINS. / taken from the Steamboat. July 3d. 1888. by RA Grider."; at lower left below powder horn: "RA Grider Jany. 1890."; at lower right: "The VIELE.", followed by 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.
