Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- Description
- Charcoal and graphite sketch on paper. The sketch shows three sides of the main square of Montabaur, a town in Germany that is about 20 kilometers northeast of Koblenz. The drawing is framed on the left by the large Neo-Gothic Town Hall and several timber-frame buildings. People are walking along the square, and in and out of the gothic arches of the Town Hall. There are two automobiles in the square (the catalog card indicates that they are Army trucks). In the background, is the Schloss Montabaur, or castle of Montabaur.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918
- ID Number
- AF.25878
- catalog number
- 25878
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- graphite (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 in x 15 3/4 in; 45.72 cm x 40.005 cm
- place made
- Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Montabaur
- depicted
- Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Montabaur
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
- 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
- depicted
- Architecture
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_445348
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-874a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
