Thomas T. Handy
date: label: associated date
content: 1919 - 1940
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 Thomas T. Handy depicted as General and Assistant Chief of Staff Operations Division, Deputy Chief of Staff. A oil painting on an illustration board. A white man, General Handy has gray/black hair with blue eyes. He is wearing a olive drab service coat with a khaki collared shirt and and a tie underneath. Four stars can be seen on both shoulder straps indicating his rank as General. He has three ribbons on his left chest: Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, and possibly Legion of Merit (it is more red than purple, but it could be the artist's mistake). On his left lower arm sleeve, three golden cheverons and a stripe is seen indicating at least 18 months of service overseas in World War I and at least 6 months of overseas service in World War II. The bottom portion of the portrait is not sketched or painted in great detail. A blue patch of paint can be seen behind the right arm of the General possibly indicating that he is outdoors. The General's signature can be seen on the lower left.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Distinguished Service Cross
label: Subject
content: Distinguished Service Medal
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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: Joseph Cummings Chase
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.46990
label: catalog number
content: 46990
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 1/16 in x 18 1/16 in; 61.11875 cm x 45.87875 cm