Collection Highlights
View of Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York
after 1883
1904.22
Black ink, white gouache, and graphite on photo-sensitive paper, laid on card
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Luce Center
Artillery Officer's Coat and trousers; Civil War; Zook's and Wayne's Uniforms
Title
Artillery Officer's Coat and trousers; Civil War; Zook's and Wayne's Uniforms
Object name
Officer's coat
Date
1860-1870
Medium
Wool, silk, linen, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 4 x 21 x 40 1/2 in. ( 10.2 x 53.3 x 102.9 cm )
Description
Dark blue wool single-breasted artillery 2nd Lieutenant's uniform coat; 1" closed stand-up collar (1 hook and eye), with single gold bar at each end of shoulder straps against red ground, 9 artillery buttons down the front of the bodice (2 missing); closed false cuffs with 3 buttons on each 8 1/4 (flat) sleeve; 4 panels on the back of the bodice; inside lined with dark green silk, a horizontal slit pocket at each breast, front of bodice lightly padded and quilted, sleeves lined with white twill-weave linen; all buttons have shield-breasted eagle clutching a branch and arrows in its talons, with "A" on the shield.
Credit Line
Gift of William Henry Shelton, 1931
Object Number
1697
Marks
cast: center of each button face: "A"
stamped: reverse of bodice buttons: "HORSTMANN & ALLIEN / NY"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
