Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- Description
- Charcoal drawing on illustration board. A large field with several lines of airplanes is bordered on the right by what appear to be hangars. Soldiers are standing around the field; the soldier in the center foreground is wearing a balaclava (headwear that covers the face). Several airplanes can be seen in the sky. Issoudun was the site of a large aviation training school for American forces during the war.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-08
- ID Number
- AF.25875
- catalog number
- 25875
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- board (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 1/4 in x 22 1/2 in; 31.115 cm x 57.15 cm
- depicted
- France: Centre-Val de Loire, Issoudun
- 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
- depicted
- Planes
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_445349
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-874b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
