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Portrait of Tuskegee Airman
A portrait of a Tuskegee Airman has recently been acquired by the Military Collection. The chalk on board portrait measuring 30 x 23 cm. depicts an unidentified fighter or bomber pilot from the period...
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Departure of the 6th Regiment for the Frontier
A recent addition to the Military Collection is an intriguing water-color dating from around 1850. It depicts soldiers marching to the left with a group of officers behind them saying their goodbyes to...
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Colleville-Sur-Mer, June 8, 1944
Alexander P. Russo (born 1922 in New Jersey) enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve in 1942 after studying art at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute. Though he began his service as an apprentice seaman,...
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Fallen Leaves from a Foreign Country
A new addition to the growing collection of books, etc on the expedition of Admiral Perry to Japan between 1853 and 1854, is a rare Japanese account published in 1854, shortly after the signing of the...
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Gratuitous violence: The cavalry prints of Daniel Ash
The collection recently acquired three colored lithographs published by Daniel Ash to complement three existing prints in the same series that had been acquired in 1957 and 1958. They all depict...
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Two Napoleonic Veterans
The collection of 15 sepia photographs of veterans of the Napoleonic Wars is frequently sought after. Numerous articles have been written about this group of aged men, most of whom are still wearing...
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British cavalryman riding past St. Marylebone Parish Church
In the Military Collection is a rather interesting watercolor measuring 32 x 45 cm. depicting a soldier riding past a church. Until recently, it was cataloged as just that: ‘British Cavalryman riding...
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V.E. Day, Paris, May 8, 1945
Seventy-five years ago today, much of the western world celebrated the end of World War Two in Europe. On the previous day, the German high command had surrendered to General Eisenhower in a small...
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Propaganda of Ottoman atrocities: A Case of Official Censorship
Recently, an 18th century engraving purchased in the 1950s for the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, was examined as part of the systematic survey and curation of the 28,000 images in the digital...
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Barse Miller WW2 drawing
A work by one of the official artists in the War Art Program has now been acquired by the Military Collection. Barse Miller (1904-1973) was a member of the Southwest Pacific Art Unit serving under...
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