Collection Highlights
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights
Date:
1844
Object Number:
LIB.M1622a.Hutchinson
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Luce Center
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Hessian Grenadier, Regiment von Rall of Hesse-Cassel
Object Number:
1923.154
Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/8 x 6 in. ( 25.1 x 15.2 cm )
mat: 19 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.6 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Chas. M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in black ink: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; with 2 detail sketches; verso inscribed at upper center in graphite: "Dress of = / A grenadier of Hessian Regiment, 'Rall' / as worn at 'Trenton' "
Description:
Military
Gallery Label:
This shows details of regimental uniform dress worn at Trenton in Decmeber 1776.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
