Michael B. Ellis
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: maker
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
notes: label: Description
content: A three quarters portrait of Michael Ellis depicted as Sergeant, Company C, 28th Infantry, 1st Division. An oil portrait on an illustration board. A white man, Sergeant Ellis has bronw hair, blue eyes, and is wearing a brown overcoat holding a steel helmet. There is no military insignia or identification marks on him. Sergeant Ellis won the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Silver Star. The portrait takes up the whole board and is mostly done. Some wear and tear on the edges particularly the lower corners where some flaking has occurred.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Montabaur
topic: label: Subject
content: Medal of Honor
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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.58049M
label: catalog number
content: 58049M
label: accession number
content: 203612
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 3/4 in x 18 1/2 in; 62.865 cm x 46.99 cm