Scenes from the American Revolution: Smallwood's Maryland Regiment at the Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on thin ivory card
Overall: 22 x 15 in. ( 55.9 x 38.1 cm ) mat: 34 x 26 in. ( 86.4 x 66 cm )
signature: lower right: "Chas. M. Lefferts/1914"
Signed and inscribed at lower right in red gouache: "Chas. M. Lefferts / 1914"; verso inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Smallwood's Maryland Battalion / at the Battle of Long Island Aug. 27 1776."
This watercolor shows Smallwood's Maryland regiment in action at the Battle of Long Island on August 27, 1776, when the regiment covered the retreat of the defeated Continental Army across the Gowanus marshes to the temporary safety of the American lines near the village of Brooklyn.
Gift of the Estate of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
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