Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on paper. The work depicts a dugout fortified by wood planks. A chair and some other items are just visible under the roof of the dugout. The right side of the sketch shows one of the entry-way walls reinforced with stacked horizontal logs, which are bordered by a vertical post on either side. A label underneath the sketch reads: "GERMAN POST OF COMMAND/Hill 204, July, 1918/BY. E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2991."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25833
- catalog number
- 25833
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- sketch: 12 7/8 in x 10 5/8 in; 32.7025 cm x 26.9875 cm
- overall: 17 3/8 in x 14 7/8 in; 44.1325 cm x 37.7825 cm
- 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_445246
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7cdb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
