Ruined Torcy
Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- Description
- Ink wash with charcoal on paper. The paper is affixed to a larger piece of beige cardboard. The drawing depicts a shell torn gothic church and the cemetery beside it. A tree stands behind the cemetery wall. The church and cemetery and bordered by a street that runs diagonally through the picture. More rubble is on the right of the street.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-07
- ID Number
- AF.25857
- catalog number
- 25857
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- inkwash (overall production method/technique)
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15 3/8 in x 17 3/8 in; 39.0525 cm x 44.1325 cm
- sketch: 11 3/16 in x 13 3/4 in; 28.3845 cm x 34.925 cm
- depicted
- France: Hauts-de-France, Torcy-en-Valois
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- 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
- Subject
- Church
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_445325
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-81e4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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