John R O'Brien
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 Corporal John R. O'Brien. Medals include the Médaille Militaire and the Croix de Guerre with palm. O'Brien wears the 2nd Infantry Division patch insignia on the shoulder of his left arm sleeve and a 23rd infantry collar disk. He has a rifle slung over his back and rests a M1917 helmet on his lower left arm. O'Brien is painted in front of a white background and is turned to his right, facing away from the viewer. His signature in gold crayon is mid center. 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.37715
label: catalog number
content: 37715
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