Robert Alexander
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 painting on white illustration board. Painting is a 3/4 bust portrait of Major general Robert Alexander. Alexander has a brown strap going from his left shoulder to his right hip, but what is attached to the strap is unknown. The outline of his hand grasps the strap at the bottom of the painting. The insignia on his jacket are: the Distinguished Service Cross, [possibly] the Indian Campaign medal, the Distinguished Service Medal, [possibly] the Spanish Campaign medal, the Sampson Medal, the Mexican Service medal, and one unknown. Alexander also has Officer's insignia on his collar.
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.37685
label: catalog number
content: 37685
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