Collection Highlights
Fire engine condenser case of the Clinton Fire Company No. 41
Date:
ca. 1842
Object Number:
1937.1631
Medium:
Wood, oil paint, gilding
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Luce Center
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Three Views of the Brunswick Field Yager Corps Uniform; verso: uniform details
Object Number:
1923.159
Date:
c. 1912
Medium:
Graphite and watercolor on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. ( 19.7 x 24.1 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Marks:
inscription: recto and verso: "[details of dress]"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed with extensive color and style annotations in graphite; verso inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "Notes from 'Memiors of Reidesel' NYP.L. / Brunswick Jager"; with extensive annotations in brown ink
Description:
Military
Gallery Label:
This unpublished picture consists of rough pencil sketches of an officer and privates with hand-written notes on uniform dress. Additional notations on the Brunswick Yagers from Riedesel's memoirs are on the reverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
