Military uniform
This military ensemble of Portuguese make, dates to the Civil War. Cut in the style of the period, its European manufacture suggests the possibility of foreign imports for the North during that time.
Artwork Details
- Title: Military uniform
- Designer: A. P. Rego
- Date: ca. 1863
- Culture: Portuguese
- Medium: wool, metal, leather
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. William Reeves, 1957
- Object Number: 2009.300.2453a–e
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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