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Image Not Available for Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, British Army, 43rd Regiment, 1775
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, British Army, 43rd Regiment, 1775
Image Not Available for Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, British Army, 43rd Regiment, 1775
Artist/Maker (American, 1873 – 1923)

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, British Army, 43rd Regiment, 1775

ca. 1910
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Overall: 14 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (37.5 × 24.1 cm)
Mat: 19 1/8 × 14 1/8 in. (48.6 × 35.9 cm)
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
1920.150
This is one of the original studies by Lefferts for his landmark Uniforms of the American, British, French, and German Armies in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783, published by the Society in 1926. The result of a lifetime of research by the artist and author, this volume was the first major published treatise on regimental uniforms of the Revolutionary war.
DescriptionMilitary
SignedSigned at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"
InscribedInscribed at lower center: "Uniform worn at Bunker hill, 1775."; along upper edge: "Private 43rd Regt. British Army 1776-83. Field dress 1775-77"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
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