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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Uniforms of British and Loyalist Troops Serving at Stony Point, New York, in 1779, American Revolution: Gunner, Royal Regiment of Artillery, Summer Dress
Object Number:
1957.272
Date:
1938
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 9 1/4 in. ( 30.5 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: A. R. Cattley 1938. Inscriptions on reverse.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in blue watercolor: "A. R. Cattley / 1938"; verso inscribed at upper center in black ink: "Royal Artillery / (The Royal Regiment of Artillery); followed by a long inscription with color annotations; at lower right: "Picture shows a gunner, with / musket and bayonet, & gold laced / cocked hat (with leather cockade), of c.1779. / (in summer field dress)"
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. LeRoy E. Kimball
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
