Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Uniforms of British and Canadian Troops Serving in Canada, War of 1812: Private, Royal Marines
Object Number:
1936.931
Date:
1936
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 1936"
on verso: "...on the Niagara Frontier"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in blue watercolor: "A. R. Cattley / 1936"; verso inscribed at upper center in brown ink: "Private, Royal Marines / (Employed in the early stages of / the war on the Niagara / Frontier (1812-14)"
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Purchased from Alexander R. Cattley
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
