Joseph E. Schaefer
date: label: associated date
content: 1941 - 1945
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 thick illustration board. Portrait of Master Sergeant Joseph E. Schaefer. Schaefer wears a olive drab uniform (top button undone) with a artillery belt. He is sitting and rests his right arm on a M1 helmit and leans a rifle up against his left leg. Schaefer is clean shaven, has slicked back brown hair, and is smoking a cigarette. He also wears a gold watch on his left wrist. A light blue top coating covers the majority of the portrait. Schaefer's signature in pencil can be found in the top left corner.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: World War II
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: Joseph Cummings Chase
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.47015
label: catalog number
content: 47015
label: accession number
content: 166217
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oil (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: thick illustration board (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in; 62.23 cm x 46.99 cm