Drawing
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2002.008.03.05
- Creator:
- Jordan, Robert (1925-1993)
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- 1945
- Description:
- Drawing, portrait of a man. Page 5 (loose) in sketchbook of Robert Jordan (1925-1993), U.S. Army Air Force, World War II. Pencil on paper. Vertical rectangle. The sketchbook documents Sergeant Jordan's experience as a prisoner of war in Germany, including his capture, forced march, and recovery in England.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14.5 W-10 inches
- Provenance:
- Robert Jordan (1925-1993) was a tail gunner when his plane was shot down over Hanover, Germany, on Nov. 26, 1944. He was captured and marched to a prisoner of war camp, Stalag Luft 4. After liberation, he recovered in a hospital in England, where a Red Cross nurse ("Mom") bought him this sketchbook. After the war, he earned degrees from Dartmouth and Columbia, and became a talented landscape painter. In 1952, he bought a farm as a summer home in Eaton, NH, and returned every summer. In 1943, he worked as a cowboy in the Southwest at age 16.
- People:
- Jordan, Robert (1925-1993)
- Subjects:
- World War II, Prisoners of war, POW's, Prisoners, Prisons, Air forces
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