To the Victor Belong the Spoils
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: date made
content: 1918-09-13
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: Harding, George Matthews
label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Harding, George Matthews
notes: label: Description
content: Crayon sketch on paper of two American soldiers and a German prisoner standing next to a large pile of looted objects. The American soldier on the left is carrying a rabbit and mauser rifle while smoking a German pipe. The German prisoner in the middle is wearing a camouflaged helmet and smoking a cigarette. The American soldier at right is wearing a German feld miitze (field cap) under his helmet, holding a violin and a mauser rifle, and smoking a German pipe. At left is a large pile of looted objects, the spoils of war, including a mauser rifle with wooden holster, a pickelhaube, a feld miitze, a gas mask, a German stick grenade, books, and candlesticks. Signed at center left by the artist, "Geo. Harding AEF."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: France
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25751
label: catalog number
content: 25751
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: crayon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 11/16 in x 35 11/16 in; 67.818 cm x 90.678 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 18 5/8 in x 27 3/8 in; 47.244 cm x 69.596 cm