Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Havell plate no. 26
Date:
c. 1825
Object Number:
1863.17.26
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Hat
Object Number:
1951.483
Date:
1861-1865 or later
Medium:
Felt, other textile, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 14 x 13 in. ( 12.1 x 35.6 x 33 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: on front of hat: "US"
stamped in gold: on hat band: "Registered / Extra Quality / RETSEL / TRADE MARK / NEW YORK."
Description:
Dark olive green felt hat with roughly cylindrical crown with depression around edges of top, and wide brim with edges bound with black cloth tape; front insignia with "US" between branches of laurel embroidered on black cloth ground; gold hat cord with slide and acorn tips; brown leather sweatband.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this hat was worn during the Civil War by John Frederick Pierson. Pierson was a captain in the 1st New York Infantry at the beginning of the war; by the time he was mustered out, on May 25, 1865, he had attained the rank of brigadier-general.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, through Major Kenneth Miller
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
