Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Soldier in the Uniform of the 11th of Illinois, from a disassembled sketchbook
Object Number:
X.297b
Date:
c. 1861-65
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and white lead pigment on lined ledger paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 6 in. ( 19 x 15.2 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Inscribed bottom: Uniform of the 11 Illinois
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Uniform of the 11th. Illinois"
Description:
Military
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
