Collection Highlights
Come in, and Prevent a "Draft"
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.055.3.105
Medium:
Paper
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Luce Center
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Grenadier, 10th Regiment of Foot, British Army
Object Number:
1923.146
Date:
c. 1910
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 6 in. ( 25.4 x 15.2 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Chas. M. Lefferts"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in gray watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; with 2 detail sketches; verso inscribed at center in graphite: "Dress of = / A grenadier of the 10th British Regt., / as worn at 'Bunker Hill' "
Gallery Label:
This unpublished watercolor shows the British uniform worn at the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 1775.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
