Collection Highlights
William Walton (1706-1768)
Date:
ca. 1750
Object Number:
1902.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Scenes from the American Revolution: Panoramic Study for "Yorktown Pageant"; verso: Study of same
Object Number:
1923.131ab
Date:
1908
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on two Bristol boards bound together with cloth tape
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 36 in. ( 28.6 x 91.4 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: upper left: "Chas. M. Lefferts 1908"
Inscriptions:
Sheet 'a' signed and inscribed at upper left in black ink: "Chas. M. Lefferts / 1918"; verso of sheet 'b' signed and inscribed at upper left: "Chas. M. Lefferts / 1918"; both sides have extensive annotations in brown and black ink and graphite
Description:
History
Gallery Label:
This shows the details of military dress and the movement of troops for the ceremony of Cornwallis's surrender, October 1781.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
