Museum Collections
Luce Center
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Cavalryman, "DeLancey's Refugees", British Army
Object Number:
1921.114
Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. ( 37.8 x 23.8 cm )
mat: 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 23.5 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right:"Chas M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed along upper edge: " 'Delancey's Refugees' of the 'Cow Boys' 1780. British Army"
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.