Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch on paper. The sketch depicts the edge of a wooded area, with timber fortifications in the center of the scene. Hills and small houses in the background. Belleau Wood was the scene of intense fighting between Allied soldiers and the German Army towards the end of the First World War.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-08
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.26028
- catalog number
- 26028
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- ink wash (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/4 in x 13 3/8 in; 23.495 cm x 33.9725 cm
- depicted
- France: Hauts-de-France, Belleau, Bois de
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- 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_445824
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7da6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
