Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Pennsylvania Associators, the "Quaker Blues"
Object Number:
1923.142
Date:
1912
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. ( 20 x 13 cm )
mat: 19 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.6 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Chas M. Lefferts/1912"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Chas. M. Lefferts / 1912."; inscribed along left edge vertically: "Uniform of 'Quaker Blues' Phila 1775."; with 3 detail sketches and extensive color and style annotations
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
