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Uniforms of the American Revolution: Corporal, 4th Connecticut Continental Infantry
Image Not Available for Uniforms of the American Revolution: Corporal, 4th Connecticut Continental Infantry
Artist/Maker Charles MacKubin Lefferts American, 1873 – 1923

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Corporal, 4th Connecticut Continental Infantry

ca. 1910
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board
Mat: 19 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (48.9 × 36.2 cm)
Overall: 14 7/8 × 9 1/2 in. (37.8 × 24.1 cm)
Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
1920.144
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.
SignedSigned at lower left in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"
InscribedInscribed at lower center: "A Corporal"; at upper left: "4th Connecticut Cont. Inf. 1777"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS