General View of the Great Yards at Is-Sur-Tille
Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- Description
- Pencil and crayon sketch on paper. The work is a view of the railroad yards at Is-sur-Tille, France. Long, low buildings are depicted in the middle ground. Divisional files indicate that the artist noted "Fifty miles of railroad track, combined with barracks and warehouses, cover several square miles in this area."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25829
- catalog number
- 25829
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- pencil (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 3/16 in x 13 in; 25.87625 cm x 33.02 cm
- depicted
- France: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Is-sur-Tille
- 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
- Subject
- Railroads
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_445250
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7cdf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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