On the Wire
Object Details
- associated person
- Dunn, Harvey Thomas
- artist
- Dunn, Harvey Thomas
- Description
- 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"
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917 - 1918
- ID Number
- AF.25719
- catalog number
- 25719
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- Painting
- Physical Description
- oil (overall production method/technique)
- canvas (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- 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
- place made
- France
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_447430
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7a1a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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