Object Details
associated person
Dunn, Harvey Thomas
artist
Dunn, Harvey Thomas
Description
Oil painting on canvas of an American machine gun emplacement at Seicheprey, France. Two American soldiers in olive drab uniforms are sitting in the middle of a cemetery next to their Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun. There are tombstones all around the soldiers, some of which have toppled over. A section of the rock wall surrounding the cemetery has been partially destroyed at right, giving the machine gunners a better sight line. The soldiers have positioned the gun on the rubble from the ruined wall, with the barrel of the gun pointing out of the cemetery. Signed by the artist at bottom left, "Harvey Dunn, Saishprey [sic], AEF"
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1918
associated date
1917 - 1918
ID Number
AF.25709
catalog number
25709
accession number
64592
Object Name
Painting
Physical Description
oil (overall production method/technique)
canvas (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 26 in x 39 3/4 in x 1 9/16 in; 66.04 cm x 100.965 cm x 3.96875 cm
depicted
France: Grand Est, Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle
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Military
Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
Art
Data Source
National Museum of American History
related event
World War I
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_447428