The Sentry
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: artist
content: Dunn, Harvey Thomas
notes: label: Description
content: Oil painting on canvas with a black frame of an American soldier looking out of a trench. The American soldier is wearing an olive drab uniform and a steel helmet with his gas mask hanging around his neck. He is standing with only his head and shoulders exposed. On the embankment in front of the soldier is an M1903 Springfield rifle with bayonet attached, a pair of binoculars, and six fragmentation grenades (Mk. I or II). There are patches of grass growing around the trench and the wooden supports of the trench wall can be seen behind the soldier. Barbed wire posts can be seen in the background at right, fading into the early morning light. Signed at bottom right by the artist, "Harvey Dunn 1918"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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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.25708
label: accession number
content: 64592
label: catalog number
content: 25708
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting, oil
label: Object Name
content: painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oil (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: canvas (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: frame: 24 9/16 in x 29 9/16 in; 62.38875 cm x 75.08875 cm
label: Measurements
content: unframed: 23 1/4 in x 28 1/4 in x 1 in; 59.055 cm x 71.755 cm x 2.54 cm