Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on light green paper. The sketch shows a German outpost at Montfaucon, France during World War I. The outpost consists of a large trench with walls reinforced by wooden posts. The upper left corner of an entryway, perhaps to an underground shelter, is just visible in the trench. Glued to the card underneath the sketch is a label that reads "GERMAN OUTPOST, MONFAUCON/Looking toward Hill 204/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2990."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25832
- catalog number
- 25832
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- pencil (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 1/4 in x 22 in; 36.195 cm x 55.88 cm
- sketch: 10 1/2 in x 13 3/8 in; 26.67 cm x 33.9725 cm
- depicted
- France: Grand Est, Montfaucon-d'Argonne
- 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_445247
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7cdc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
