Description
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VC003-i003001
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Item
Title
Hand drawn portrait sketch of Benjamin H. Charles.
Date(s)
- 1943 (Creation)
Extent
Pencil drawing with watercolor wash : color ; 27 x 21 cm.
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Biographical history
Walter Kohnlein was a German prisoner of war held (and presumably a patient) at the 21st General Hospital when the hospital was stationed in North Africa. He was also an artist and made a series of drawings and watercolors which he gave to Benjamin H. Charles, who was the medical officer overseeing P.O.W.s at the 21st General Hospital.
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The portrait was drawn by German POW Walter Kohnlein and is signed and dated by the artist.
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The collection is open and accessible for research.
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Preferred Citation:
Item description, Reference Code, Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives, Washington University in St. Louis.
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VC003001