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The Prisoner
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The Prisoner

Dunn, Harvey Thomas · 1918 · oil (overall production method/technique)

From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Oil painting on canvas of a German prisoner being escorted through a shell-torn village by a group of American soldiers. The German prisoner, seen in the center of the painting, is wearing a stormtrooper helmet (stahlhelm) and a black uniform with red trim and is unarmed. He is surrounded by five American soldiers in olive drab uniforms who are carrying rifles with bayonets fixed (most likely M1903 Springfield rifles). On the left, another American soldier and a French soldier in a blue uniform are watching the group from behind the collapsed wall of a building. In the background on the right, four American soldiers are standing with another French soldier drinking coffee. There are shell-torn buildings in the background and piles of rubble on the ground. Signed at bottom left by the artist, 'Harvey Dunn, 18"

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Credit lineThe Prisoner. 1918. Dunn, Harvey Thomas. National Museum of American History, War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff. CC0.

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