Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Harding, George Matthews
- Description
- Charcoal and crayon drawing on textured cream wove paper. The paper is mounted on heavy brown cardboard. Troops on foot and mounted on horses in foreground. A line of heavy artillery and soldiers dominate the center of the drawing. Smoke plumes trail out of the artillery guns; the background is misty with smoke.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25730
- catalog number
- 25730
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- drawing
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- crayon (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 1/4 in x 28 3/16 in; 51.435 cm x 71.59625 cm
- depicted
- France: Grand Est, Verdun-sur-Garonne
- 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
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_448004
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-82fc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
