Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Harding, George Matthews
- Description
- Crayon and charcoal on paper. The work depicts a tank overrunning a German machine gun emplacement. There are American soldiers behind the tank. In the foreground, two German soldiers, with multi-colored camouflaged helmets, man their machine gun. The German soldier on the right holds a rifle. A barbed-wire entanglement is visible on the right.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-09-12
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25740
- catalog number
- 25740
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- drawing
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- crayon (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 3/4 in x 28 1/4 in; 52.705 cm x 71.755 cm
- depicted; referenced
- France: Grand Est, Saint-Mihiel
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- Military
- World War I Art
- Art
- Combat Art
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_448008
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-8300-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
