Collection Highlights
The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
Date:
1885-1886
Object Number:
LIB.XL.CT.G763.A3
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Uniforms of British and Loyalist Troops Serving at Stony Point, New York, in 1779, American Revolution: Battalion Soldier, 17th Regiment of Foot, Leicestershire
Object Number:
1957.274
Date:
1938
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 9 1/4 in. ( 30.5 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: A. R. Cattley 1938 Inscriptions on reverse.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in blue watercolor: "A. R. Cattley / 1938"; verso inscribed and signed at upper center in black ink: "17th Regiment of Foot (Leicestershire) / (Raised 1688)"; followed by a long inscription with color annotations; at lower right: "Picture shows a Battalion / soldier in action, c. 1779"
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. LeRoy E. Kimball
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
