Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Scenes from the American Revolution: The Battle of Harlem Heights
Object Number:
1911.100
Date:
1912
Medium:
Gouache, watercolor, and graphite on heavy board
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 5/8 x 22 in. ( 49.8 x 55.9 cm )
mat: 12 3/4 x 16 in. ( 32.4 x 40.6 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Chas. M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in red gouache: "Chas. M. Lefferts / 1912."; printed label affixed to verso with description of uniform and regimental history
Description:
History
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.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
