Object Details
- Description
- A portrait of Walter E. Gaultney depicted as Corporal, Company K, 11th Infantry, 5th Division. An oil painting on an illustration board. A white man, Corporal Gaultney is looking around at the viewer with his body facing left. He has brown hair, brown eyes, is wearing a brown tunic with a overseas cap. He is wearing a backpack along with his long trench knife and his M1917 steel helmet. On his left shoulder, there is a red dimaond insignia indicating the fifth division. He is wearing collar disk with two guns crossed indicating infantry. His signature is seen on the lower right portion of the portrait. The painting is mostly complete and done with the exception of the lower left portion. The painting has a light brown background.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- associated person
- Chase, Joseph Cummings
- Chase, Joseph Cummings
- maker
- Chase, Joseph Cummings
- date made
- 1919
- associated date
- 1917 - 1918
- Physical Description
- oil (overall production method/technique)
- illustration board (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24 5/8 in x 18 1/2 in; 62.5475 cm x 46.99 cm
- Object Name
- Painting
