Collection Highlights
Kerchief
Date:
1776-1777
Object Number:
1952.63
Medium:
Linen
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Luce Center
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Brunswick Artillery and Prussian Menzel Artillery
Object Number:
1923.160
Date:
c. 1912
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 8 in. ( 21 x 20.3 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
inscription: : "[notations of details of dress]"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed with extensive color and style annotations in graphite, brown and black ink, with 4 detail sketches; inscribed at middle right in brown ink: "From contemporary colored prints / in 'Memoirs of / Reidesel', N.Y.P.L."
Description:
Military
Gallery Label:
This unpublished watercolor shows details of uniform dress with diagrams and notations.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
