James B. Lepley
James B. Lepley
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- Description
- Oil on illustration board. Portrait of Sergeant James. B. Lepley. Army Service Ribbons for Decorations and Medals include: Distinguished Service Cross. Lepley wears a belt with a magazine pouch, a M1917 hemet with the chipstrap resting above the front rim, and possibly a fourragére (worn by soldiers who were assigned to units that were awarded certain decorations by the French government for valorous conduct in WWI). Lepley also wears a unknown collar disk and holds a ciggarette in his left hand. His left hand has not been filled in with color.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Painting
- date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917 - 1918
- associated person
- Chase, Joseph Cummings
- Chase, Joseph Cummings
- artist
- Chase, Joseph Cummings
- Physical Description
- oil (overall production method/technique)
- illustration board (overall materials)
- Measurements
- overall: 24 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in; 62.23 cm x 46.99 cm
- ID Number
- AF.58057
- catalog number
- 58057
- accession number
- 203612
- World War I
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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