Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
Date:
1859
Object Number:
1972.13
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coat
Object Number:
1797
Date:
1907
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 21 x 31 1/2 in. ( 10.2 x 53.3 x 80 cm )
Marks:
cast: on each button: "EXCELSIOR / N.Y.S.A. / NATIONAL GUARD"
stamped: on reverse of each button: "HENRY V. ALLIEN & CO. / N.Y."
applied: shoulder end, each shoulder loop: "K / 7"
embroidered: on label inside neck: "C. Dobler & Co. / 84 FOURTH AVE.
Description:
Medium blue wool New York militia officer's single-breasted coat; 1 1/2" closed black stand-up collar (one hook and eye); black shoulder loops which button at the collar end, with "K / 7" at the shoulder end; 9 buttons down the front, cast with an eagle with a shield in its beak, flying above a banner reading "N.Y.S.A." and surrounded with "EXCELSIOR / NATIONAL GUARD"; closed sleeves with false black chevron-shaped cuffs; 3 panels on the back; coat lined with black silk, sleeves lined with white silk with blue and brown pin stripes, diagonal slit pockets inside each breast.
Gallery Label:
This coat was worn by Samuel Verplanck Hoffman (1866-1942), when he served with Company K, 7th Regiment, New York National Guard. Hoffman succeeded his father as president of the Society in 1903.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman, 1931
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
