Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Aylward, William James
- Description
- Charcoal, gouache, and oil on paper. The work depicts a group of French engineers (in blue uniforms) clearing the wreckage of a bridge in Château-Thierry, France. A section of the bridge has entirely collapsed into the water. On the left, two American soldiers sit on an intact section of the bridge. The shell-torn buildings of the town line the far side of the water.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918
- ID Number
- AF.25684A
- catalog number
- 25684A
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- drawing
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- gouache (overall production method/technique)
- oil (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19 in x 22 3/8 in; 48.26 cm x 56.8325 cm
- depicted
- France: Hauts-de-France, Château-Thierry
- 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_445401
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-79fe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
