Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- Duncan, Walter Jack
- Description
- Graphite, charcoal, and ink wash sketch. Five officers sit around a table while another soldier serves them. The chair in the foreground is empty. On the table, a lamp illuminates the men's faces and casts shadows on the walls. A box telephone and two bottles of wine are among the items on the table. The sketch is done on white wove paper mounted on beige card that is ruled with decorative graphite lines.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25688
- catalog number
- 25688
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- graphite (overall production method/technique)
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- ink wash (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 in x 12 in; 40.64 cm x 30.48 cm
- sketch: 9 3/4 in x 8 in; 24.765 cm x 20.32 cm
- referenced
- France: Hauts-de-France, Château-Thierry
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- World War I Art
- Art
- Combat Art
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_448065
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-859a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
