Uncle Sam Shielding France from Germania
c. 1917
Artist, American, 1867 - 1944
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink over graphite on heavy wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 56.83 × 42.86 cm (22 3/8 × 16 7/8 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.1037
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Berry-Hill Galleries, New York); Orme Wilson, Washington, DC, 1965; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1965; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1965
Charles Dana Gibson, 1867-1944: Creator of the 'Gibson Girl', Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, 1965, no. 35
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 129, no. 868.
Inscriptions
lower right in pen and black ink: C. D. Gibson; center verso in blue colored pencil by unknown hand: 19481 [circled]; center verso in graphite by unknown hand: #34 [strikethrough and circled] / #35 [circled]; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 22 1/2 / 28
Wikidata ID
Q64538458