Collection Highlights
Augustus Coe Gurnee dressed for the Vanderbilt costume ball, March 26, 1883
Date:
March 26, 1883
Object Number:
PR.223.1.16.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Camp On Potomac Run, Stafford County, Virginia
Object Number:
1923.170
Date:
1863
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, collage, red ink, and gouache with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 10 in. ( 20.3 x 25.4 cm )
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower edge inside banner below image in red ink: "This sketch of Lieut. WT Evers with the 11 privats[sic] with Mule forming the Rear Guard of Gen(?) McClellan's / Army of the Potomac was copied from a larger(?) drawing by Lieut. Evers and made up from memorandom[sic] ideas given / me by him, and is this Thursday November 27th 1862 Furnished(?) by me to him as a Thanksgiven[sic] offering to his Wife. from / the sincere regard that I have for her Husband / Co'rad Freitag / To Mrs. C.P
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