Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- Duncan, Walter Jack
- Description
- Graphite, black crayon, and sanguine crayon sketch highlighted with turquoise gouache (or conte crayon). The scene is of a road lined with houses. A dead horse in the road is surrounded by descending crows. The half-timber houses are in ruins. Turquoise clouds in the background. The sketch is done on brown wove paper and then mounted on tan card. An inscription on the lower edge of the mount reads: "Front held by the 88th Division, October, 1918./Balschwiller, Alsace."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-10
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25704B
- catalog number
- 25704B
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- pencil (overall production method/technique)
- crayon (overall production method/technique)
- gouache (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 7/8 in x 15 1/16 in; 27.6225 cm x 38.25875 cm
- sketch: 8 5/8 in x 13 in; 21.9075 cm x 33.02 cm
- department where Balschwiller is located
- France: Grand Est, Département du Haut-Rhin
- 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_448070
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-859f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
