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Photo, Print, Drawing Soldiers in Uniform.

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Title

  • Soldiers in Uniform.

Summary

  • This watercolor from the American War of Independence is by Jean Baptiste Antoine de Verger (1762-1851), a French artist who himself fought in the war as a sub-lieutenant in a French regiment and who kept an illustrated journal of his experiences in the war. The watercolor, which appears in the journal, shows the variety of soldiers fighting for American independence, depicting, from left to right, a black soldier of the First Rhode Island Regiment, a New England militiaman, a frontier rifleman, and a French officer. An estimated 5,000 African-American soldiers fought in the Revolutionary War. Although most black soldiers from New England fought in integrated regiments, the First Rhode Island was an exception--it was made up of 197 black men commanded by white officers. Nevertheless, it was considered an elite unit, and saw action at the Battle of Rhode Island and the Siege of Yorktown. The watercolor 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

  • Verger, Jean Baptiste Antoine de, 1762-1851 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Williamsburg, Virginia : [publisher not identified], [1781 to 1784]

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Rhode Island
  • -  1775 to 1783
  • -  Diaries
  • -  Soldiers
  • -  United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
  • -  Verger, Jean Baptiste Antoine de, 1762-1851

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 watercolor; 9.8 x 16.1 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

  • 2021669876

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Verger, Jean Baptiste Antoine De, Artist. Soldiers in Uniform. Rhode Island United States of America, 1781. [Williamsburg, Virginia: publisher not identified, to 1784] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669876/.

APA citation style:

Verger, J. B. A. D. (1781) Soldiers in Uniform. Rhode Island United States of America, 1781. [Williamsburg, Virginia: publisher not identified, to 1784] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669876/.

MLA citation style:

Verger, Jean Baptiste Antoine De, Artist. Soldiers in Uniform. [Williamsburg, Virginia: publisher not identified, to 1784] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669876/>.