Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Shirt
Object Number:
INV.11397
Date:
1900-1910
Medium:
Wool, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 20 1/2 x 33 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 52.1 x 84.5 cm )
Marks:
applied: corners of collar: "K"
applied: shoulders: "7 / NY"
handwritten: on label inside neck: "K / 95"
Description:
Gray wool flannel long-sleeved fatigue shirt; double collar with "K" applied to corners; buttons half-way down the front with 3 buttons, a pocket at each breast which buttons closed (no flaps); open flase cuff sleeve with one button at each wrist, "7 / NY" applied to the shoulders; shallow split at the side seams, with rounded corners; narrow yoke across the back of the shoulders, back in one panel.
Gallery Label:
This is a fatigue shirt probably worn by Samuel Verplanck Hoffman (1842-1887), whi served with Company K, 7th Regiment, New York National Guard.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
