Collection Highlights
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights
Date:
1844
Object Number:
LIB.M1622a.Hutchinson
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
General John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948)
Object Number:
1956.89
Date:
ca. 1919
Medium:
Light brown patinated copper alloy [brass]
Dimensions:
diameter: 10 in. ( 25.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: signed under shoulder: "ANIE MOUROUX-PARIS"
inscribed: front relief: "JOHN J. PERSHING/AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES/****1917/1919"
Description:
Bas-relief portrait
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.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Harry G. Friedman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
