Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- Description
- Pencil and watercolor sketch on paper. The work depicts an American billet at Rambucourt, France during World War I. The sketch shows a large shell-torn building in use as a barracks for soldiers. The roof of the building is partially collapsing over an exposed section of the building. Soldiers are standing outside the building.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25931
- catalog number
- 25931
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- pencil (overall production method/technique)
- watercolor (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- sketch with frame: 12 3/4 in x 15 1/2 in; 32.385 cm x 39.37 cm
- sketch without frame: 7 3/8 in x 11 9/16 in; 18.7325 cm x 29.36875 cm
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- Military
- World War I Art
- Art
- Combat Art
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_445716
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-713d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
