Collection Highlights
Portrait of two girls
Date:
Object Number:
PR.012.1.326.Box12
Medium:
Ambrotype
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Uniforms of British and Loyalist Troops Serving at Stony Point, New York, in 1779, American Revolution: Private, 2nd American Regiment, Volunteers of Ireland, Winter Dress
Object Number:
1957.265
Date:
1939
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 )
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown watercolor: "A. R. Cattley / 1939"; verso inscribed at upper center in black ink: "Volunteers of Ireland (Volontiers of Ireland) / 2nd American Regiment"; followed by a long inscription with regimental history and color annotations; at lower center: "Picture shows a Private / soldier. c.1779 / (in Winter dress) / War of the American Revolution"
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. LeRoy E. Kimball
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
