Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Uniforms of the American Revolution: Corporal, Grenadier Company, Gâtinais Regiment, French Army
Object Number:
1921.116
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: 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 right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed at lower left: "Parade Dress 1780."; along upper edge: "Corporal of Grenadier Co. Regt. Gâtinais #18 of the Line. French Army 1780-82"
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.
