Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on white paper. The work depicts several damaged buildings in a village near Toul, France after a shell attack. A road winds through the sketch between the buildings and a church on the left. Three soldiers are shown walking along the road. A label attached to the cardboard under the sketch reads: "EFFECTS OF SHELL EXPLOSION IN TOWN/ON NORTH TOUL SECTOR/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2982"
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25824
- catalog number
- 25824
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 17 3/4 in x 14 in; 45.085 cm x 35.56 cm
- sketch: 13 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 34.925 cm x 26.67 cm
- depicted
- France: Grand Est, Toul
- 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_445255
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7ce4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
