Pershing
date: label: date made
content: 1919
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Pershing, John J.
label: artist
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
notes: label: Description
content: Oil on illustration board. Portrait of General of the Armies of the United States John. J. Pershing. Army Service Ribbons for Decorations and Medals include: Distinguished Service Medal, Army of Cuban Occupation, Mexican Service, Unknown Ribbon (solid red with darker red bands at edges, possibly Order of Michael the Brave), Spanish Campaign, Sampson Medal, Order of the Star of Karageorgre, Grand Croix Légion de honneur, Order of Bath, and a Unknown Ribbon (three horizontal bands of green, yellow, green with possibly a green rosette, possibly the Médaille Militaire). Pershing wears four gold stars on each shoulder loop and a Sam Browne Belt. He wears the insignia of the United States on his collar. He also has a moustache. Catalogue card reads: Painted in France by Jos. C. Chase. Presented in 1922-31. Loaned to Chase and returned by him. See reference file on Pershing for slides, CTs, btw prints.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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.37718A
label: accession number
content: 117218
label: catalog number
content: 37718A
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