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John Joseph Pershing

John Joseph Pershing

Artist: Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, 27 Nov 1878 - 29 Sep 1931
Sitter: John Joseph Pershing, 13 Sep 1860 - 15 Jul 1948

Date: c. 1919

Type: Painting

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Stretcher: 89.9 x 74.6 x 2.5cm (35 3/8 x 29 3/8 x 1"); Frame: 110.5 x 95.3 x 5.1cm (43 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 2")

Topic: Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache; John Joseph Pershing: Male; John Joseph Pershing: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General; John Joseph Pershing: Pulitzer Prize; John Joseph Pershing: Congressional Gold Medal; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the International Business Machines Corporation

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.68.12

Provenance: International Business Machines Corporation, New York; gift 1968 to NPG.

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery

Exhibition: 20th Century Americans: 1900-1930 (re-installation 2012)
On View: NPG, South Gallery 322

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