Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Harding, George Matthews
- Description
- Charcoal and crayon sketch, with touches of graphite, on heavy cream wove paper. Two German soldiers peer out of the window of a shell-torn building. One soldier has a rifle pointed out of the window, through the slats of the shutters. A sign stenciled on the wall below the window has been partially erased; it reads "NACH FIS..." and has an arrow, pointing right, beneath it.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-08
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25739
- catalog number
- 25739
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- crayon (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- pastel (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 17 3/8 in x 23 3/8 in; 44.1325 cm x 59.3725 cm
- depicted
- France: Hauts-de-France, Sergy
- 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_448009
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-8349-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
