Frank M Williams
date: label: date made
content: 1919
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
label: associated person
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
label: artist
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
notes: label: Description
content: Oil on illustration board. Portrait of Major Frank M. Williams. Williams wears the Distinguished Service Cross Medal and a large pin with two crossed devices in a wreath with a top supporting bar (resembles the Coast Artillery Corps insignia, but fot Williams possibly references his srevice in the Machine Gun Battalion) above the left breast pocket of his tunic. He also wears officer pins on his collar, the insignia of a Major on his shoulder loops, and a 82nd Infantry division insignia patch on the shoulder of his left arm sleeve. Williams holds a burning cigar in his right hand and possibly has a object tucked under his right arm. He has black/grey hair, brown eyes and a moustache. Williams' right hand has not been filled in with color. His signature in red crayon is in the lower left of the portrait. Catalogue card reads: One oil portriat of F.M. Williams, AEF, 1919, by Joseph Cummings Chase. A distinguished Service Cross Ribbon is painted in the upper left hand corner of the frame; Distinguished Service Medal Ribbon on lower left side of frame. Frame is antiqued. Printed account, w/copy of portrait of WWI exploits attached.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.58390M-A
label: catalog number
content: 58390M-A
label: accession number
content: 212053
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oil (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: illustration board (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/2 in x 18 in; 59.69 cm x 45.72 cm