Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Aylward, William James
- Description
- Charcoal, ink wash, and gouache drawing on beige textured paper. The work depicts refugees returning to a shell torn village in Hatton Chattel, France. Older men, women, children, sheep and a mule laden with clothing gather in front of a severely damaged building. An American soldier is standing in the center of the drawing. In the foreground on the left, a man in dark clothes stands looking at the crowd.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918
- ID Number
- AF.25664
- catalog number
- 25664
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- drawing
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- wash (overall production method/technique)
- gouache (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 7/16 in x 25 1/4 in; 51.91125 cm x 64.135 cm
- depicted
- France: Grand Est, Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel
- 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_445398
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-79fb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
