Mark W. Clark

Object Details

associated person; depicted (sitter)

Clark, Mark

artist

Chase, Joseph Cummings

Description

Oil on illustration board. Portrait of four star General Mark W. Clark. Army and Navy service ribbons for decorations and medals include: Distinguished Service Cross (not visible in portrait), Army Distinguished Serivce Medal, Navy Distinguished Serivce Medel, Legion of Merit (not visible in portrait), Bronze Star with "V" Device, Purple Heart, Victory with three Gold Stars, (unknown ribbon with a center block of black, two pink stripes, and ending and begining in red obsured by lapel), American Defense Service, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign with six Gold Stars, World War II Victory Medal, Army of Occupation Medal, Order of the British Empire Knight, (unknown ribbon of solid red possibly with a rosette flanked by two green dots), French Croix de Guerre, Order of Suvorov First Class, Order of the Southern Cross Knight, (unknown ribbon of alternating yellow and green bands, green is the large center block), (unknown ribbon of yellow with two bands of green at the begining and end), (unknown ribbon with equally sized blue, red, and blue blocks), Order of Ouissam Alaouite Morocco, (unknown ribbon of alternating stripes of yellow and black), Order Virtuti Militari Silver Cross, (Unknown ribbon of red, white, and green, bands), (unknown ribbon of solid dark green with a large gold star design in center), and the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus ribbon. Clark wears a Fifth Army Patch on the shoulder of his left arm sleeve and a Overseas Service patch with eight gold bars and two gold chevrons on the lower left arm sleeve. He wears a officer pin on his collar. Clark also wears a gold watch on his left hand. His right hand has not been filled in with color.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Joseph Cummings Chase

associated date

1919 - 1940

ID Number

AF.46985

catalog number

46985

accession number

166217

Object Name

Painting

Physical Description

oil (overall production method/technique)

illustration board (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 24 in x 18 1/2 in; 60.96 cm x 46.99 cm

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Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military

Military

Art

National Museum of American History

related event

World War II

Record ID

nmah_447636

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-862c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa