Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch on blue-gray paper. Women are making nets and camouflage material in a large tent-like structure in Dijon, France. The structure appears to be fortified with sand bags at one end. There is a label attached to the bottom center of the sketch that reads: "MAKING NETS AND CAMOUFLAGE MATERIAL/Central Camouflage Depot at Dijon/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/3004."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25846
- catalog number
- 25846
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- ink wash (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 1/2 in x 14 3/4 in; 31.75 cm x 37.465 cm
- sketch: 10 3/8 in x 13 5/8 in; 26.3525 cm x 34.6075 cm
- depicted
- France: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Dijon
- 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_445269
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-86e2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
