Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, 10th Regiment of Foot, Light Infantry
Object Number:
1921.110
Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. ( 24.8 x 18.1 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/8 in. ( 48.9 x 35.9 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Chas M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; printed label affixed to verso with description of uniform and regimental history
Description:
Military
Gallery Label:
This is one of the original studies by Lefferts for his landmark Uniforms of the American, British, French, and German Armies in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783, published by the Society in 1926. The result of a lifetime of research by the artist and author, this volume was the first major published treatise on regimental uniforms of the Revolutionary war.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
