The Air Raid
Object Details
- associated person
- Dunn, Harvey Thomas
- Dunn, Harvey Thomas
- Description
- Charcoal, pastel, and watercolor drawing on paper of a German air raid over a city. Depicted is a gray German biplane with two black and white greek crosses on the wings and a rudder painted red, white, and black. The plane is flying over a city filled with buildings that are white with red roofs. Directly below the plane is what appears to be a village square with a round fountain filled with blue water. Signed at bottom left by the artist, "Harvey Dunn, AEF"
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917 - 1918
- ID Number
- AF.25715
- catalog number
- 25715
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- Drawing
- drawing111
- drawing
- Physical Description
- pastel (overall production method/technique)
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- watercolor (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- drawing with frame: 32 1/16 in x 24 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 81.43875 cm x 61.2775 cm x 1.27 cm
- drawing without frame: 23 1/4 in x 16 3/16 in; 59.055 cm x 41.11625 cm
- place made
- France
- France
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_447411
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-81ca-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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