Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Harding, George Matthews
- Description
- Charcoal and pastel (or possibly color crayon) sketch on white paper. Three wounded American soldiers (in black and white) walking in front of a shell-torn church. The soldier to the left is carrying one end of a stretcher that is mostly out of the picture. To the right is a French soldier, with his back to the viewer, in the small church graveyard. Smoke rises from the ruins of the church.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25735
- catalog number
- 25735
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- drawing
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- pastel (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 in x 24 in; 45.72 cm x 60.96 cm
- referenced in signature
- France: Hauts-de-France, Château-Thierry
- 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_448006
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-82fe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
