Brehon B. Somervell
date: label: date made
content: 1945
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 illustration board. Portrait of four star General Brehon B. Somervell. Army Service Ribbons for Decorations and Medals include: Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Spanish War Service, WWI Victory (with two gold stars), Army of Occupation of Germany, American Defense Service, Europeon-African Middle Eastern Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, and Unknown Ribboon (begining and ending in red, blue band in middle with two white bands on either side. resembles Bronze Star but bands of white are too large). Somervell wears a service coat with gold officer pins on his lapels and Army Service Forces patch insignia on the shouder of his left arm sleeve. He has slicked back grey/white hair and a thin moustache. Somervell sits with his hands folded. He is in front of a brown backgroup. His signature in pencil is in the bottom right corner.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: World War II
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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: Joseph Cummings Chase
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.47002
label: catalog number
content: 47002
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: illustration board (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in; 62.23 cm x 46.99 cm