On the Wire
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: Dunn, Harvey Thomas
label: artist
content: Dunn, Harvey Thomas
notes: label: Description
content: Oil painting on canvas of two American soldiers carrying another soldier on a stretcher along a line of barbed wire. The stretcher bearers are in uniform and are wearing helmets with their gas mask bags hanging from their necks. The soldier in front is looking up into the distance as he walks, while the soldier in back is walking with his head bowed. The soldier on the stretcher is wrapped in a blanket and his face is white; he is either severely injured or dead. The sky is gray with faint light coming from the left. A line of fog is rolling in from the left, slightly obscuring the soldiers and the barbed wire. At the bottom of the painting among the grass are tiny red and blue flowers. Signed by the artist at bottom left, "Harvey Dunn, 1918"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25719
label: catalog number
content: 25719
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oil (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: canvas (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 3/4 in x 39 1/2 in x 1 5/16 in; 65.405 cm x 100.33 cm x 3.33375 cm