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The Sentry

Dunn, Harvey Thomas

Oil painting on canvas with a black frame of an American soldier looking out of a trench. The American soldier is wearing an olive drab uniform and a steel helmet with his gas mask hanging around his neck. He is standing with only his head and shoulders exposed. On the embankment in front of the soldier is an M1903 Springfield rifle with bayonet attached, a pair of binoculars, and six fragmentation grenades (Mk. I or II). There are patches of grass growing around the trench and the wooden supports of the trench wall can be seen behind the soldier. Barbed wire posts can be seen in the background at right, fading into the early morning light. Signed at bottom right by the artist, "Harvey Dunn 1918"

Date

1918

Type

Painting, oil

Medium

oil (overall production method/technique)

Department

NMAH

Institution

National Museum of American History

Object number

nmah_996561

Credit

War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff