John H. Hilldring
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: maker
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
notes: label: Description
content: A three-quarters portrait of John H. Hilldring depicted as Major General, G-5, Director of Civil Affairs Division, War Department General Staff. An oil painting on an illustration board. A white man, Major General Hilldring has gray hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a olive drab service coat with a collared shirt and a tie underneath as well as an olive drab garrison hat or a visor hat with an eagle in the center. U.S. officer collar insignias is seen on the left lapel. Five military ribbons are pinned to his left chest (identification is provided below). Two stars can be seen on the left shoulder strap indicating his rank as Major General. The bottom portion of the portrait is not sketched or painted in great detail. Major General Hilldring's signature is seen on the bottom right of the portrait.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Distinguished Service Cross
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.46991
label: catalog number
content: 46991
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 1/8 in x 18 1/16 in; 61.2775 cm x 45.87875 cm