Drawing
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2002.008.03.76
- Creator:
- Jordan, Robert (1925-1993)
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- 1945
- Description:
- Landscape drawings. Page 76 (loose) in sketchbook of Robert Jordan (1925-1993), U.S. Army Air Force, World War II. Pencil on paper. Vertical rectangle. Literary notes with two small landscape sketches below. Loose sheet of lined paper, not originally in sketchbook. 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-11 W-8.5 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
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