English: Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, Butler's Rangers, British Army, 1777. Gift of Charles MacKubin Lefferts to the New-York Historical Society Museum and Library

OBJECT NUMBER: 1921.113 ARTIST/MAKER: Charles MacKubin Lefferts DATE: c. 1910 MEDIUM: Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on board DIMENSIONS: Overall: 14 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. ( 37.8 x 23.8 cm ) mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm ) MARKS: signature: lower right:"Chas M. Lefferts" INSCRIPTIONS: Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "Chas. M. Lefferts"; inscribed along upper edge: "Butler's Rangers British Army 1777 A Private"

GALLERY LABEL: 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.