Uniforms of the American Revolution: Officer, 52nd Regiment of Foot, Grenadier Company, British Army

Classification: 
Date: 
c. 1910
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 1/8 x 7 3/8 in. ( 25.7 x 18.7 cm ) mat: 19 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.6 x 36.2 cm )
Credit Line: 
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number: 
1921.109
Marks: 
signature: lower right: "Chas M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed at lower left: "Officer. 52d Foot. Grenadier Co. British 1775-83"
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: 
1921
eMuseum Object ID: 
37994
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, Virginia Light Dragoons

Classification: 
Date: 
c. 1910
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions: 
Overall: 14 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. ( 37.1 x 24.1 cm ) mat: 19 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( 48.6 x 35.9 cm )
Credit Line: 
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number: 
1921.107
Marks: 
signature: lower right: "Chas M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed along upper edge: "Regt. Cont. Light Dragoons Virginia Light Dragoon 1776 Private, Capt. Theodoric Bland's Troop"
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: 
1921
eMuseum Object ID: 
37993
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Squankum, New Jersey, Number Ten of a Series of Twelve Depicting the Route of James Hazen Hyde's Four-Horse Coach "Liberty"

Classification: 
Date: 
1903
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, and black ink over graphite on board
Dimensions: 
Overall: 17 1/4 x 26 in. ( 43.8 x 66 cm ) mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Description: 
One of a series of 12 watercolor scenes depicting the route of Jim Hazen Hyde's four horse coach "Liberty" between New York and its terminus at Lakewood, New Jersey. The coach ran three times a week from the Holland house, at Fifth Avenue and 30th Street, NYC and the Hotel Laurel-In-The-Pines, Lakewood, a distance of 79 miles taking approximately 9 hours and utilizing up to eleven teams of horses.
Credit Line: 
Bequest of James Hazen Hyde
Object Number: 
1960.37
Marks: 
signature: lower right
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Max Klepper"; verso inscribed along upper edge in black ink: "No 10 Squankum"
Gallery Label: 
This is one of a set of twelve watercolors commissioned by James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959) of Mr. Hyde's four-horse coach "Liberty" that depicts scenes along the road on the 1903 run between New York and Lakewood. The society also owns an original illustration by Edward Penfield (q.v.) for use on the poster advertising this route (1947.90). The distance covered by the coach was seventy-nine miles, and eleven teams of horses were used daily.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1903
eMuseum Object ID: 
37991
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Old Bridge, New Jersey, Number Six of a Series of Twelve Depicting the Route of James Hazen Hyde's Four-Horse Coach "Liberty"

Classification: 
Date: 
1903
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, and black ink over graphite on board
Dimensions: 
Overall: 17 1/4 x 26 in. ( 43.8 x 66 cm ) mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Description: 
One of a series of 12 watercolor scenes depicting the route of Jim Hazen Hyde's four horse coach "Liberty" between New York and its terminus at Lakewood, New Jersey. The coach ran three times a week from the Holland house, at Fifth Avenue and 30th Street, NYC and the Hotel Laurel-In-The-Pines, Lakewood, a distance of 79 miles taking approximately 9 hours and utilizing up to eleven teams of horses.
Credit Line: 
Bequest of James Hazen Hyde
Object Number: 
1960.33
Marks: 
signature: lower left
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower left in brown watercolor: "Max Klepper"; verso inscribed along upper edge in black ink: "No 6 Old Bridge"
Gallery Label: 
This is one of a set of twelve watercolors commissioned by James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959) of Mr. Hyde's four-horse coach "Liberty" that depicts scenes along the road on the 1903 run between New York and Lakewood. The society also owns an original illustration by Edward Penfield (q.v.) for use on the poster advertising this route (1947.90). The distance covered by the coach was seventy-nine miles, and eleven teams of horses were used daily.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1903
eMuseum Object ID: 
37989
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Turn of the Road, Leaving New Brunswick, New Jersey, Number Five of a Series of Twelve Depicting the Route of James Hazen Hyde's Four-Horse Coach "Liberty"

Classification: 
Date: 
1903
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, and black ink over graphite on board
Dimensions: 
Overall: 17 1/4 x 26 in. ( 43.8 x 66 cm ) mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Description: 
One of a series of 12 watercolor scenes depicting the route of Jim Hazen Hyde's four horse coach "Liberty" between New York and its terminus at Lakewood, New Jersey. The coach ran three times a week from the Holland house, at Fifth Avenue and 30th Street, NYC and the Hotel Laurel-In-The-Pines, Lakewood, a distance of 79 miles taking approximately 9 hours and utilizing up to eleven teams of horses.
Credit Line: 
Bequest of James Hazen Hyde
Object Number: 
1960.32
Marks: 
signature: lower right
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Max Klepper"; verso inscribed along upper edge in black ink: "No 5 Turn of the Road, Leaving New Brunswick"
Gallery Label: 
This is one of a set of twelve watercolors commissioned by James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959) of Mr. Hyde's four-horse coach "Liberty" that depicts scenes along the road on the 1903 run between New York and Lakewood. The society also owns an original illustration by Edward Penfield (q.v.) for use on the poster advertising this route (1947.90). The distance covered by the coach was seventy-nine miles, and eleven teams of horses were used daily.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1903
eMuseum Object ID: 
37987
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Mansion House, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Number Four of a Series of Twelve Depicting the Route of James Hazen Hyde's Four-Horse Coach "Liberty"

Classification: 
Date: 
1903
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, and black ink over graphite on board
Dimensions: 
Overall: 17 1/4 x 26 in. ( 43.8 x 66 cm ) mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Description: 
One of a series of 12 watercolor scenes depicting the route of Jim Hazen Hyde's four horse coach "Liberty" between New York and its terminus at Lakewood, New Jersey. The coach ran three times a week from the Holland house, at Fifth Avenue and 30th Street, NYC and the Hotel Laurel-In-The-Pines, Lakewood, a distance of 79 miles taking approximately 9 hours and utilizing up to eleven teams of horses.
Credit Line: 
Bequest of James Hazen Hyde
Object Number: 
1960.31
Marks: 
signature: lower right
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Max Klepper"; verso inscribed along upper edge in black ink: "No 4 Mansion House, New Brunswick"
Gallery Label: 
This is one of a set of twelve watercolors commissioned by James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959) of Mr. Hyde's four-horse coach "Liberty" that depicts scenes along the road on the 1903 run between New York and Lakewood. The society also owns an original illustration by Edward Penfield (q.v.) for use on the poster advertising this route (1947.90). The distance covered by the coach was seventy-nine miles, and eleven teams of horses were used daily.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1903
eMuseum Object ID: 
37986
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Woman Reading, from the Economical School Series

Classification: 
Date: 
c. 1810-14
Medium: 
Black chalk, charcoal, and graphite on light blue paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 15.9 x 19 cm )
Description: 
Figure
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Object Number: 
1953.274o
Gallery Label: 
This sketch is one of nineteen drawings made by the baroness at the Economical School (Ecole Economique) which Baron Hyde de Neuville was instrumental in founding in New York in 1810 "to promote instruction, to render it economical, and to afford some education to the children of French emigrants and other strangers." The sketches represent students and others on the premises in various poses of study and daily activity.
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: 
1810
eMuseum Object ID: 
37984
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Seated Woman and Boy, from the Economical School Series

Classification: 
Date: 
c. 1810-14
Medium: 
Charcoal on light blue paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. ( 14.3 x 19.4 cm )
Description: 
Figures
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Object Number: 
1953.274m
Gallery Label: 
This sketch is one of nineteen drawings made by the baroness at the Economical School (Ecole Economique) which Baron Hyde de Neuville was instrumental in founding in New York in 1810 "to promote instruction, to render it economical, and to afford some education to the children of French emigrants and other strangers." The sketches represent students and others on the premises in various poses of study and daily activity.
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: 
1810
eMuseum Object ID: 
37982
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Small Boy Seated, from the Economical School Series

Classification: 
Date: 
c. 1810-14
Medium: 
Graphite and charcoal on light blue paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 x 7 1/2 in. ( 15.2 x 19 cm ) mat: 12 x 14 in. ( 30.5 x 35.6 cm )
Description: 
Figure
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Object Number: 
1953.274L
Gallery Label: 
This sketch is one of nineteen drawings made by the baroness at the Economical School (Ecole Economique) which Baron Hyde de Neuville was instrumental in founding in New York in 1810 "to promote instruction, to render it economical, and to afford some education to the children of French emigrants and other strangers." The sketches represent students and others on the premises in various poses of study and daily activity.
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: 
1810
eMuseum Object ID: 
37981
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Study of a Young Man in Profile, with a Study of a Man using a Bow Saw, from the Economical School Series; verso: three sketches of figures

Classification: 
Date: 
c. 1810-14
Medium: 
Graphite and charcoal on light blue paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 5/8 x 6 in. ( 19.4 x 15.2 cm )
Description: 
Figures
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Object Number: 
1953.274j
Gallery Label: 
This sketch is one of nineteen drawings made by the baroness at the Economical School (Ecole Economique) which Baron Hyde de Neuville was instrumental in founding in New York in 1810 "to promote instruction, to render it economical, and to afford some education to the children of French emigrants and other strangers." The sketches represent students and others on the premises in various poses of study and daily activity.
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: 
1814
eMuseum Object ID: 
37980
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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