Image Title

:  Over coat or cloak coat for officers (of dark blue cloth).

Creator

: Humphries, G. C. -- Artist

Additional Name(s)

: P.S. Duval & Co. -- Lithographer

Published Date

: 1851

Specific Material Type

: Prints

Item Physical Description

: 1 print : b&w ; 27 x 34 cm. (10 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.)

Notes

: Printed on border: "Military Furnishers, Philad." Printed on image: "Furnished with a cape, to reach to the sleeve cuff, and set on so, as to be removeable at will ; Badges of rank worn on sleeve of over coat - 1st Lieutenant, 1 braid, 1/8 inch in width ; Captain, 2 braids ; Major, 3 braids ; Lieut. Colonel, 4 braids ; Colonel, 5 braids ; Generals, 5 braids." Written on image: "Official: R. Jones, Adjnt. Genl., Washington, June, 1851." "Steam lith. Press, Phil." "Pl. 20."

Original Source

: From Regulations for the uniforms and dress of the army of the United States. (Philadelphia : Horstmann, 1851) .

Source

: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Army -- United States -- 1850s

Source Description

: 1 folder (29 pictures)

Location

: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection

Catalog Call Number

: PC ARMY-US-185

Digital ID

: 831399

Record ID

: 697834

Digital Item Published

: 10-27-2005; updated 3-25-2011