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Uniforms of the American Revolution: Sergeant, 4th Company 1st Pennsylvania Battalion, 1775
Uniforms of the American Revolution: Sergeant, 4th Company 1st Pennsylvania Battalion, 1775
Artist/Maker (American, 1873 – 1923)

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Sergeant, 4th Company 1st Pennsylvania Battalion, 1775

ca. 1910
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Mat: 19 1/4 × 14 1/8 in. (48.9 × 35.9 cm)
Overall: 14 7/8 × 9 3/8 in. (37.8 × 23.8 cm)
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
1921.105
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 left: "A Sergeant of the 4th Co. -- (Capt Josiah Harmer's.)"; along upper edge: "1st Pennsylvania Batt.1775-1776. Col. John P. De Haas"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
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