Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- Townsend, Harry
- artist
- Townsend, Harry
- Description
- Charcoal on white paper of two Army ambulances responding to a "hurry call" or emergency summons on the night of May 30, 1918, in the Toul Sector of France. The ambulances (possibly Ford Model T's) have large medical crosses on the side. American soldiers in uniform march along the road to the right of the ambulances. On the left side of the road, wounded soldiers walk in the opposite direction of the ambulances.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918
- 1918-05
- associated date
- 1917 - 1918
- ID Number
- AF.26125
- catalog number
- 26125
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- Sketch
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 in x 24 in; 45.72 cm x 60.96 cm
- sketch: 16 3/4 in x 23 1/4 in; 42.545 cm x 59.055 cm
- referenced
- France: Grand Est, Toul
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_448134
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7dc2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
