Welly, "Somewhere in France"

October 1944

Unknown, 20th Century

Associated Names
Unknown, 20th Century

Artist

The image shows the upper body of a person facing slightly to the right and looking directly at the camera with a smile. The individual has short, neatly kept hair, wearing a military helmet and jacket. His left hand rests on a rifle, with rolled-up sleeves revealing part of his forearms. He wears a wristwatch on his left wrist and a ring on his right hand. The background is plain and light in color. A handwritten note at the bottom right corner reads "Welfy 10-6-47".
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by sitter, bottom right in black ink: Welly / 10-6-44; on verso, by sitter, center right in black ink: To / My / Aunt Emma / From / Welly / 10-6-44 / "Somewhere / in / France."; by Ross Kelbaugh, bottom left in graphite perpendicular: AF345 / EH [underlined]

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