W. W. Atterbury
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: artist
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
notes: label: Description
content: Oil painting on white illustration board. The painting is a bust portrait of Brigadier General William W. Atterbury. Atterbury's head is facing forward, but his body is slightly turned to the right. There is a leather strap stretching from his top left shoulder down across his chest, but what the strap is attached to is unknown. There is no distinguishable insignia on this portrait, but Atterbury was the Chief of Railroad Transportation and received a Distinguished Service Medal during his time in France during the Great War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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: 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.37687
label: catalog number
content: 37687
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