Collection Highlights

Kerchief
Date:
1776-1777
Object Number:
1952.63
Medium:
Linen

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Uniforms of the American Revolution: Field Officer, 10th Regiment of Foot, British Army and Hessian Musketeer, Infantry Regiment von Wutgenau of Hesse-Cassel

Object Number: 
1941.1221
Artist/Maker:
John Ward Dunsmore
Medium: 
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 1/2 x 11 in. ( 19 x 27.9 cm ) mat: 10 x 14 in. ( 25.4 x 35.6 cm )
Marks: 
Inscribed: at bottom center, beneath each figure: "Field Officer, 10th Foot, 1776, and Kur-Hessian Inf. Regt von Wutginau, 1776"
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left of center in brown ink: "Kur-Hessian Inf-Regt von Wutginau / 1776"; at lower right of center: "Field Officer, 10th Foot, 1776"
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of John W. Dunsmore
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group