Object Details
- associated person
- Dunn, Harvey Thomas
- artist
- Dunn, Harvey Thomas
- Description
- A charcoal, pastel, and watercolor drawing on paper of a road between Jaulgonne and Mount St. Pierre, France, during the Second Battle of the Marne on July 22, 1918. Depicted are two ammunition trucks driving along the war torn road. The truck at the back is partially obscured by fog or smoke in the background. On the right, a dead American soldier is lying on the side of the road next to a tree stump. His helmet is lying in the middle of the road. On the left, an American soldier is kneeling on the side of the road by a wooden cross. An explosion of yellow, red, and black smoke rises into the air behind him. Written at the bottom by the artist in pencil is: "Sketch. The road between / Jacqluer [sic] & Mont St. Pierre / on the Marne. July 22, / 1918. / One of Col. [illegibile]s Racehorses / These ammunitions trucks went / where ambulances could not and / served the double purpose of ammunitions / carriers and ambulances."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Harvey Dunn
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917 - 1918
- ID Number
- AF.67523M
- catalog number
- 67523M
- accession number
- 229290
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- watercolor (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- pastel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24 1/8 in x 30 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 61.2775 cm x 76.5175 cm x 1.27 cm
- place made
- France
- depicted
- France: Hauts-de-France, Département de l'Aisne
- 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_447425
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-81da-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
