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Photo, Print, Drawing Britain Infantry Uniform Sketch (Rutland Militia?).

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Title

  • Britain Infantry Uniform Sketch (Rutland Militia?).

Summary

  • This sketch is the 14th of 15 original unsigned pencil and ink drawings attributed to Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740-1812). De Loutherbourg, an English artist of French descent, painted many large scenes of English naval victories, including The Defeat of the Spanish Armada. This sketch includes drawings of a uniformed infantryman with a rifle, a head with a cap, and notes on uniform coloring. The uniform may be that of the Rutland Militia, a British regiment founded in 1759. De Loutherbourg sketched these soldiers during mock battles held at Warley Camp, Essex, England, in 1778. The sketch is part of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection at the Brown University Library, the foremost American collection devoted to the history and iconography of soldiers and soldiering, and one of the world's largest collections devoted to the study of military and naval uniforms.

Names

  • Loutherbourg, Philip James de, 1740-1812 Artist.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1778.

Headings

  • -  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • -  1778
  • -  Infantry
  • -  Rutland Militia
  • -  Soldiers
  • -  Uniforms

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 drawing; 20.2 x 32.8 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Brown University Library.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669873

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Loutherbourg, Philip James De, Artist. Britain Infantry Uniform Sketch Rutland Militia?. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1778. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669873/.

APA citation style:

Loutherbourg, P. J. D. (1778) Britain Infantry Uniform Sketch Rutland Militia?. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1778. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669873/.

MLA citation style:

Loutherbourg, Philip James De, Artist. Britain Infantry Uniform Sketch Rutland Militia?. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669873/>.