Collection Highlights
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Date:
ca. 1906
Object Number:
PR.042.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Hessian Grenadier, Erb Prinz Fusileer Regiment of Hesse-Cassel
Object Number:
1923.153
Date:
1912
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/8 x 7 1/4 in. ( 25.1 x 18.4 cm )
mat: 9 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 23.2 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Chas. M. Lefferts/ 12"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts / 12"; verso inscribed at upper center in graphite: "grenadier of Hessian Regt. / 'Erb Prinz.' / 1776"
Description:
Military
Gallery Label:
This is an unpublished study of a Revolutionary War private soldier in regimental dress.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
