| Object ID |
CF1973.006.0035 |
| Description |
Painting; Watercolor; bivouac (campsite) outside castly walls--3 pup tents, laundry lines, 4 military men on bridge across moat; signed in bottom right corner "Henry Jay MacMillan/Castle Neubourg-Holland/Sept. 24, 1944"; w/ white mat & silver frame. |
| Dimensions |
H-50 W-41 D-2 cm |
| Made |
MacMillan, Henry Jay |
| Notes |
973.6.35
19. Untitled
Castle Neubourg, Holland, September 24, 1944
Watercolor on paper
A faded red cross flag hangs from the gutter where the Germans left it; the pup tents of the Techinical Intelligence Team nesteled for shelter against the castle walls; and the ever present G.I. laundry is drying in the sun; "We;ll hang our washing soon on the Siegfried Line." Hanging the wash on the Siegfried Line was a reference to both the German defensive line and a Brtitish song made popular after Germany invaded Poland in Septmeber 1939. |
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