Braubach and the Marksburg
Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch. The sketch depicts a village on the far bank of a river. On the near bank, in the foreground, are three empty rowboats. The sketch is done on thin green paper, which is affixed to slightly thicker white card. This mount is then affixed to a large piece of heavy card board. A label underneath the sketch reads: "BRAUBACK AND THE MARKSBURG/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2971."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25813
- catalog number
- 25813
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- ink wash (overall pattern)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 3/4 in x 22 in; 34.925 cm x 55.88 cm
- sketch: 10 3/4 in x 13 3/4 in; 27.305 cm x 34.925 cm
- depicted
- Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Braubach
- 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_445041
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-6f70-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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