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[Uniforms] The Vinkhuijzen Collection at NYPL
Posted By: John Morris (71.163.230.176)
Date: Wednesday, 8 February 2012 0819 hrs. EDT
Uniforms and Regimental Regalia: The Vinkhuijzen Collection of Military Costume Illustration
The complete collection is being digitized and a substantial portion of it is accessible online at link below.
Nearly 20,000 prints, drawings, watercolors, and printed book and magazine illustrations of military costume as well as military medals, regalia, insignia, coats of arms, and regimental flags, from most times and places except the United States.
"Of course he was highly thought of in spite of his curious hobbies, one of which was his collecting plates of military uniforms for which he ruined even the most wonderful and expensive works."
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