Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Hessian Private, Fusileer Regiment Alt von Lossberg of Hesse-Cassel
Object Number:
1923.158
Date:
c. 1912
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/8 x 8 in. ( 27 x 20.3 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "Private Hessian Fusileer Regt. Alt Lossberg 1775-83"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown watercolor: "Private, Hessian Fusileer Regt. Alt. Lossberg 1775-83"; with 9 detail sketches
Gallery Label:
This is an unpublished study of a private soldier in regimental dress, 1775-1783.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
