[A hat belonging to a Fusilier, with a feather at the front, three initials (GBF?) at the side, and tassels at the back; a helmet belonging to a member of the Boston Light Infantry, resembling a Roman Galea helmet, with purple plume (feather) and decorati
Fusileer"; "Boston Light Infantry"; "Militia Officer".; George Barrell, Ms., 1806. s.l., page 20. From a bound account entitled "Journal of a Voyage from Boston to Malaga in the Brig Venus and Return in the Schooner Louisiana by George Barrell." Along with Barrell's prose descriptions of life at sea and detailed depictions of Gibraltar and Malaga, the author drew 32 colored illustrations, primarily of landscapes and people he encountered on his journey
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