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Maker(s):Bellows, George Wesley
Culture:American (1882-1925)
Title:"Every man of them heard it; every man of them recognized it - the dying cries of Sergeant Pelly!" illustration for "The Ghost of Sergeant Pelly" from The National Weekly, April 26, 1919
Date Made:1918
Type:Drawing
Materials:lithographic crayon, ink on paper, collage elements
Measurements:Sheet: 19 3/8 in x 25 5/8 in; 49.2 cm x 65.1 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1969.56
Credit Line:Gift of Gordon K. Allison (Class of 1926)
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
The work is an 1918 illustration for an article “The Ghost of Sergeant Pelly” by Ben Ames Williams published in Collier’s The National Weekly, New York, April 26, 1919. The article depicts the life and last moments of Sergeant Thomas Pelly of the 141st infantry of the B company while fighting the Germans on a trench line in France.

Subjects:
Collage; Crayon drawing; Lithography

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