Hanson Edward Ely
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: maker
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
notes: label: Description
content: A front portrait of Major General Hanson Edward Ely. An oil painting on an illustration board. A white man, Major General Ely has gray hair, blue eyes, and a brown moustache. He is wearing a brown tunic with a U.S. officer collar insignia pins on each side, two stars on his shoulder straps indicating his rank as Major General, and a Sam Browne belt. Major General Ely's signature can be seen in the center of the portrait. The bottom rest of the uniform is not sketched or painted in detail. Some wear and tear on the edges particularly upper left and lower right corners and light staining on the back of the painting.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Bitburg
topic: label: Subject
content: Distinguished Service Medal
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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.37700
label: catalog number
content: 37700
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