2nd. troop. Philadelphia City Cavalry.

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2nd. troop. Philadelphia City Cavalry.

Item Info

Item No: pdcc00187
Title: 2nd. troop. Philadelphia City Cavalry.
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Published by P. Price Jr. Philadelphia.


Notes:

The engraving describes in some detail an officer's uniform. The formal attire includes a sash, epaulettes, a decorated plumed helmet and gauntlets. He is wearing leather riding boots and carrying a saber in a scabbard on his left side. In the background a soldier on horseback rides past a line of mounted cavalrymen.


Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.3
Creator Name: Rider, Alexander, active 1810-1834 - Artist
Childs, Cephas Grier, 1793-1871 - Engraver
Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler