Object Details
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- Description
- Charcoal sketch, with touches of watercolor, on paper. This landscape shows a flat expanse with a river in the background. At the left are men working, a locomotive, and a structure with a smokestack and another tall projectile. On the opposite side of the river, across the bridge, these same structures are repeated. In the foreground are several large, uncut lumber logs with men in between them. The catalog card for this drawing indicates that the men are troops engaged in erecting buildings.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-07-12
- ID Number
- AF.26070
- catalog number
- 26070
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Other Terms
- sketch; Charcoal
- Physical Description
- paper (mat board material)
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- watercolor (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 15/16 in x 16 in; 25.24125 cm x 40.64 cm
- sketch: 6 1/2 in x 13 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 33.655 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
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_384057
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-a7fe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
