Citation
"Negro Soldier (Robert Smullyan Sloan) , 2004.194,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 14, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/50190.
The head and shoulders painting is of a Black solder in front of an open window which shows an urban street view. The head of the soldier is angled slightly to the right, but his eyes look forward. He is wearing a garrison cap, a shirt and tie with an olive drab uniform jacket that has gold buttons with an insignia and round pins on each lapel. A ribbon bar is over the pocket on the right. He is seated in front of a window with a view of a street lined with buildings over his right shoulder.