George S. Watson
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 on illustration board. Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel George L. Watson. Army Service Ribbons for Decorations and Medals include: Légion d'honneur, and the Croix de Guerre with palm. Watson also wears officer and General Staff Corps pins on the collar of his tunic, the insignia of a Lieutenant Colonel on his shoulder loops, a General Staff Corp armband with red and white (indicating army headquarters with insignia on his left arm sleeve, and the 3rd army insignia on the shoulder of left arm sleeve. Watson also wears two gold chevrons on his lower left arm sleeve (indicating overseas service), three gold chevrons on his lower right arm sleeve (indicated wounds recieved in action), and a Sam Browne belt. He has short brown hair and a moustache. Watson's signature in pencil is in the top left corner.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Koblenz
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.58074M
label: catalog number
content: 58074M
label: accession number
content: 203612
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oil (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: illustration board (overall materials)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 13/16 in x 18 1/2 in; 62.992 cm x 46.99 cm