General Pershing Entering St. Mihiel
Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- depicted
- Pershing, John J.
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- Description
- Charcoal sketch with ink wash. The work depicts General Pershing greeting crowds of people in a square in Saint-Mihiel, France. Behind the general is a line of French soldiers, both mounted and on foot, in formation.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-09
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- date depicted in sketch
- 1918-09-13
- ID Number
- AF.25828
- catalog number
- 25828
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- ink wash (overall production method/technique)
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 1/8 in x 20 1/4 in; 33.3375 cm x 51.435 cm
- depicted
- France: Grand Est, Saint-Mihiel
- 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_445251
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7ce0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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