Collection Highlights
Portrait of Six Young Women Seated in a Turkish Corner
Date:
Object Number:
PR.120.1.3.SIX
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Uniforms of British and Canadian Troops Serving in Canada, War of 1812: Private, Regiment deWatteville, British Foreign Corps
Object Number:
1935.168
Date:
1935
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. ( 26.4 x 19 cm )
Marks:
Signed and dated: at lower right: "A. R. Cattley 1935"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown watercolor: "A. R. Cattley / 1935."; verso inscribed at upper center, in William Calver's hand, in black ink: "Private Soldier of the / 'Regiment of De Wattenville" / a foreign Corps in the British Service / 1812 War"; with multiple annotations on the history of the regiment and an attached photocopy of a letter from Cattley to Calver dated January 1935.
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Purchased from Alexander R. Cattley
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
