Uniforms of the American Revolution: Queen's Rangers, 1777-1783
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
mat: 19 x 14 in. ( 48.3 x 35.6 cm )
Overall: 14 7/8 x 9 1/2 in. ( 37.8 x 24.1 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
X.382
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Chas. M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed at lower right: "Light Infantry Co. Rifleman of Bn."; along upper edge: "Grenadier Co. (Full Dress) / Private QUEEN'S RANGERS. 1777-83. Light Dragoon (Company Dress.) / Sergeant."
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:
1923
eMuseum Object ID:
37807
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, DeLancey's Brigade, British 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 1/2 in. ( 37.8 x 24.1 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
X.381
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Chas. M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed at lower center: "Private 2nd Bn."; along upper edge: "Private 1st. Bn. 1776 -- De Lancey's Brigade British Army -- 1783. Officer 3rd Bn."
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:
1923
eMuseum Object ID:
37806
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Grenadier, 5th Foot Company, British Army
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 9 3/8 in. ( 38.1 x 23.8 cm )
mat: 19 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( 48.6 x 35.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
X.380
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Chas. M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in red gouache: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed along upper edge in brown gouache: "Grenadier of the 5th Foot British Army 1774-1778"
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:
1923
eMuseum Object ID:
37805
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, Haslet's Delaware Regiment, 1775
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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 )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
X.378
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Chas M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in red gouache: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed along upper edge in brown gouache: "Haslet's Delaware Regiment 1775-1776. American Army Privateman 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:
1923
eMuseum Object ID:
37800
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sketch of a Mountainous Scene with Castle (probably Rheinstein on the Rhine River); verso: magic act: woman levitating over furniture
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1845
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 8 1/2 in. (17.8 x 21.6 cm)
mat: 10 x 14 in. ( 25.4 x 35.6 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William F. Bevan
Object Number:
1956.73.1
Marks:
signature: lower left: "JFK"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "JFK[monogram]"
Gallery Label:
A castle is on a precipice at the left. This and the two pencil sketches which follow are from a collection of sketches which belonged to Thomas Pritchard Rossiter (q.v.), the grandfather of the donor. Rossiter accompanied Kensett when the latter sailed for England in 1840 for Kensett's European sojurn which lasted until 1847.
Provenance:
Thomas Pritchard Rossiter; Mrs. William F. Bevan, granddaughter of Thomas Pritchard Rossiter
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
37796
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Uniform Details of the Hessian Regiment von Bose
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1914
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on two narrow sheets of beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. ( 26.7 x 4.4 cm )
mat: 19 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.6 x 36.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1923.161ab
Marks:
signature and date: lower (A): "Chas. M. Lefferts/1914"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center on sheet 'a' in brown watercolor: "Chas M. Lefferts / 1914"; inscribed at lower center on sheet 'b': "Hessian Regt. / von Bose / 1776-83"
Gallery Label:
This watercolor was unpublished. These two strips, each with uniform and accoutrement details, were apparently cut from the same picture by the artist. The main central section is gone.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1914
eMuseum Object ID:
37773
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Hessian Private, Fusileer Regiment Alt von Lossberg of Hesse-Cassel
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1912
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/8 x 8 in. ( 27 x 20.3 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1923.158
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "Private Hessian Fusileer Regt. Alt Lossberg 1775-83"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown watercolor: "Private, Hessian Fusileer Regt. Alt. Lossberg 1775-83"; with 9 detail sketches
Gallery Label:
This is an unpublished study of a private soldier in regimental dress, 1775-1783.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1912
eMuseum Object ID:
37771
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Hessian Guard, Regiment of Hesse-Cassel
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1912
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 8 in. ( 26.7 x 20.3 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number:
1923.156
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "Officer, Hessian Guara Regt. 1775-83"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown watercolor: "Officer, Hessian Guard Regt. 1775-83."
Gallery Label:
This is an unpublished study of an officer in regimental dress, 1775-1783.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1912
eMuseum Object ID:
37769
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Monument to the Lamar Family
Classification:
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 x 16 1/8 in. ( 53.3 x 41 cm )
mat: 25 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. ( 64.8 x 52.1 cm )
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Alexander O. Victor
Object Number:
1976.48
Marks:
inscription: on glass cover: "This Monument is Erected to the Memory/of the Family of Mr. Lamar who were/Lost in the Ill Fated Steamer Pulaski/Capt. Walter Dubois. June 1838"
signature: lower center, indian ink (concealed by black-and-gold border): "Robe
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in black ink: "Robert E Launitz / Sculptor & Artificer in Marble / 591 Broadway. / New-York."; reputedly once inscribed on an "old glass cover": "This Monument is Erected to the Memory / of the Family of Mr. Lamar who were / Lost in the Ill Fated Steamer Pulaski / Capt. Walter Dubois, June 1838"
Gallery Label:
The steamer Pulaski was lost off the North Carolina coast on June 14, 1838. Members of the Lamar family were among the one hundred persons who lost their lives when the ship went down. Robert F. Launitz, sculptor, was listed at 591 Broadway, New York City, from 1832 to 1844 (NYCD). The attribution of the watercolor to Launitz is based solely upon the appearance of his name on the study as sculptor of the monument.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
37758
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mansion, Tenth Avenue and West 86th Street, New York City
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1885
Medium:
Brown ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 29.8 x 23.5 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Raeburn W. Jenkins
Object Number:
1960.73
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed and dated, lower right: W.R.Jenkins / 1885
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Wjenkins / 1885"; at lower left: "MANSION / 86th St & 10th AVE"
Gallery Label:
At West 86th Street, Tenth Avenue is now Amsterdam Avenue.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
37748
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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