George W. Puryear
date: label: date made
content: 1918
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 First Lieutenant George W. Puryear. Puryear wears Army officer's insignia of a First Lieutenant on his shoulder loops and overseas cap. He also wears officer and a Air Corps pins on his collar and a Sam Browne belt. Puryear's left breast pocket is painted exceptionally dark for Chase, possibly a crude depication of a army aviation badge. Catalogue card reads: Painted in France by Jos. C. Chase. Presented in 1922-31.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Committee to Acquire for the Nation the Chase Collection of A. E. F. Portraits
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.37720
label: catalog number
content: 37720
label: accession number
content: 117218
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: 24 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in; 62.23 cm x 46.99 cm