Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- Duncan, Walter Jack
- Description
- Black crayon sketch heightened with white gouache. Large, damaged building sited on a stream. Leafless trees at left. Picturesque; no soldiers or military equipment appear is the scene. Sketch done on olive green wove paper that is mounted on tan card with graphite border. An inscription on the lower edge of the mount reads: "Advanced machine gun position, 88th Division,/Balschviller, Alsace, October 1, 1918."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25704D
- catalog number
- 25704D
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- crayon (overall production method/technique)
- gouache (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 46.99 cm
- sketch: 12 1/4 in x 17 1/8 in; 31.115 cm x 43.4975 cm
- depicted
- France: Alsace
- 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_448068
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-859d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
