Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
General John J. Pershing
Object Number:
1958.6
Date:
ca. 1920-1930
Medium:
Oil on plywood
Dimensions:
Overall: 86 3/8 x 48 1/8 in. ( 219.4 x 122.2 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: rough sketch of subject on back.
Gallery Label:
A graduate of West Point, Pershing saw his first major action in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Then followed tours of duty against the Moros in the Philippines (1901-03) and against Pancho Villa in Mexico (1916). It was as commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI, however, that Pershing achieved his greatest fame. Lockman, a member of the Society, painted portraits of many great men in American history between the two world wars. This one remained an unfinished sketch.
Credit Line:
Bequest of the artist
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
