Collection Highlights
American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States
Date:
1880
Object Number:
LIB.Y1808.W
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Collection of 14 Military Insignia and Crests, Cut Out, with 1 Scene of Soldiers Being Reviewed by a Woman, and 8 Sheets of Detail Sketches and Design Notes
Object Number:
INV.14733
Date:
c. 1912
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on boards, cut out, with sheets of note paper and a letter
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 12 x 16 in. ( 2.5 x 30.5 x 40.6 cm )
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed on verso of study of British Light Infantry Cap Insignia in brown ink: "For Dr. Ellis P. Oberholtzer / with compliments of / Chas M. Lefferts / 1912."; extensive annotations throughout
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
