Rambucourt
Object Details
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch on paper. The work depicts the French village of Rambucourt during World War I, with shell-torn buildings in front of a church tower. The object's catalog card includes the inscription, "In the distance is the plain across which the Americans advanced on Sept. 13th, with Montsec and its village on the horizon."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918
- ID Number
- AF.25853
- catalog number
- 25853
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- ink wash (overall production method/technique)
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 7/8 in x 15 3/4 in; 27.6225 cm x 40.005 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
- Record ID
- nmah_445365
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7c60-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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