Uniforms of the American Revolution: Musketeer of the Hesse-Cassel Leib Regiment of Infantry
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1950
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and touches of graphite on off-white watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. ( 29.8 x 21.3 cm )
mat: 14 x 10 in. ( 35.6 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of W.P. Draper
Object Number:
1950.303d
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in black gouache: "Musketeer"; at lower right in brown watercolor: "Knötel d. J."
Gallery Label:
This is one of ten studies of officers and soldiers of the Hesse-Cassel Infantry-Regiment Du Corps (Leib Regiment), which served in America with the British Army during the American Revolution. The regiment arrived at Sandy Hook on August 15, 1776, with the first division of 8,000 German trooops, augmenting British forces for the New York campaign, and served throughout the war until 1783.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
38075
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Officer of the Hesse-Cassel Leib Regiment of Infantry in Field Dress
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1950
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and touches of graphite on off-white watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (30.2 x 21.3 cm)
Mat: 14 x 10 in. ( 35.6 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of W.P. Draper
Object Number:
1950.303b
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in black gouache: "Officer in field dress"; at lower right in brown watercolor: "Knötel d. J."
Gallery Label:
This is one of ten studies of officers and soldiers of the Hesse-Cassel Infantry-Regiment Du Corps (Leib Regiment), which served in America with the British Army during the American Revolution. The regiment arrived at Sandy Hook on August 15, 1776, with the first division of 8,000 German trooops, augmenting British forces for the New York campaign, and served throughout the war until 1783.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
38073
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Sapper of the Hesse-Cassel Leib Regiment of Infantry
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1950
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and touches of graphite on off-white watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (30.2 x 21.3 cm)
Mat: 14 x 10 in. ( 35.6 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of W.P. Draper
Object Number:
1950.303g
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in black gouache: "Sapper"; at lower right in brown watercolor: "Knötel d. J."
Gallery Label:
This is one of ten studies of officers and soldiers of the Hesse-Cassel Infantry-Regiment Du Corps (Leib Regiment), which served in America with the British Army during the American Revolution. The regiment arrived at Sandy Hook on August 15, 1776, with the first division of 8,000 German trooops, augmenting British forces for the New York campaign, and served throughout the war until 1783.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
38071
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Officer of the Hesse-Cassel Leib Regiment of Infantry
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1950
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and touches of graphite on off-white watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. ( 29.8 x 21.3 cm )
mat: 14 x 10 in. ( 35.6 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of W.P. Draper
Object Number:
1950.303a
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in black gouache: "Officer"; at lower right in brown watercolor: "Knötel d. J."
Gallery Label:
This is one of ten studies of officers and soldiers of the Hesse-Cassel Infantry-Regiment Du Corps (Leib Regiment), which served in America with the British Army during the American Revolution. The regiment arrived at Sandy Hook on August 15, 1776, with the first division of 8,000 German trooops, augmenting British forces for the New York campaign, and served throughout the war until 1783.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
38070
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Girardino, A Young Boy
Classification:
Date:
1812
Medium:
Graphite, watercolor, and black and red chalk on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. ( 19.7 x 16.5 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1953.280
Marks:
inscription: lower, ink: "girardino, 1812"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "girardino 1812"
Gallery Label:
This is a full-length study of a young seated boy.
Provenance:
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1812
eMuseum Object ID:
38064
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Mistress Pratt Seated at a Table
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1808
Medium:
Graphite, gray wash, and watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1953.277
Marks:
inscription: lower right, brown ink: "mistress pratt at amsterdam/1808"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below image a lower right in brown ink: "mistress pratt at amsterdam / 1808."
Provenance:
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1808
eMuseum Object ID:
38060
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Townsend's Bunting (Emberiza townsendii)?
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, collage, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 20 1/8 x 13 15/16 in. (51.1 x 35.4 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
One of Audubon's mystery birds, not associated with any known species.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.18.13
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at the lower left in graphite: "No 73[over 4]."; at lower center: "Plate 369.[crossed out] 365 / Townsends Finch"; at lower right in brown ink: "Rosa Laevigata"; above: "The Crop of Bird / not to be noticed / in the Engraving -- "
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Rose (Rosa laevigata)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
38052
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scenes from the American Revolution: Fifth Liberty Pole on the New York Commons
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 7 3/8 in. ( 48.3 x 18.7 cm )
Description:
History
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1920.130
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Chas. M. Lefferts"
inscription: verso: "[typed labels]"
inscription: on window mat: "[typed labels]"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in red watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed along lower edge in brown watercolor: "Liberty Pole N.Y. City 1770"
Gallery Label:
The Liberty Pole was a symbol before which the Sons of Liberty assembled to pledge "their fortunes and their sacred honrs in the cuase of Liberty." The five Liberty Poles erected in New York before the outbreak of the American Revolution were a source of contention between the patriots and the British sholdiers stationed in the city. The first Liberty Pole was erected June 4, 1776, in what is now City Hall Park and was cut down on Aguust 10, 1766.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
38043
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Hessian Privates, Grenadier Regiment von Rall and Fusileer Regiment Alt von Lossberg of Hesse-Cassel, Captured at Trenton, New Jersey, 1776
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
mat: 19 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( 48.6 x 35.9 cm )
Overall: 14 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. ( 37.8 x 23.8 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1922.149
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Chas M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed along lower edge: "Privates of Rall Regt. v. Lossberg (Alt.)"; at upper center: "1776"
Gallery Label:
This is one of the original studies by Lefferts for his landmark Uniforms of the American, British, French, and German Armies in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783, published by the Society in 1926. The result of a lifetime of research by the artist and author, this volume was the first major published treatise on regimental uniforms of the Revolutionary war.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1922
eMuseum Object ID:
38041
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Drummer, Infantry, Saintonge Regiment, French Army
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. ( 37.8 x 23.8 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1922.148
Marks:
\signature: lower left: "Chas M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed at lower center: "Parade Dress"; along upper edge: "Drummer of Infantry French Army 1781. Saintonge Regt. #85 of the Line"
Gallery Label:
This is one of the original studies by Lefferts for his landmark Uniforms of the American, British, French, and German Armies in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783, published by the Society in 1926. The result of a lifetime of research by the artist and author, this volume was the first major published treatise on regimental uniforms of the Revolutionary war.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1922
eMuseum Object ID:
38039
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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