'General John Sullivan, showing cocked hat edged with braid and a gorget', c1770, (1937). John Sullivan (1740-1795) Irish-American General in the Revolutionary War, delegate in Continental Congress and Governor of New Hampshire. From "History of American Costume - Book One 1607-1800", by Elisabeth McClellan. [Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1937]

---

Size: 4350px × 4940px
Photo credit: © The Print Collector / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: &, 1775-1783, 18th, 1930s, 20th, america, american, armed, army, arts, black, book, braid, breast, button, buttons, bw, century, clothes, clothing, cocked, collar, collector, company, concept, congress, continental, costume, country, dress, edging, eighteenth, elisabeth, engraving, epaulette, epaulettes, fashion, forces, general, gorget, governor, guy, haberdashery, hampshire, hat, historic, history, independence, ireland, irish, jacket, john, literature, location, male, man, mcclellan, men, menswear, military, ornament, people, person, portrait, print, profile, publishing, rebellion, revolution, revolutionary, side, states, sullivan, thirties, tudor, uniform, united, unknown, usa, view, war, warfare, white