Object Details
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- Description
- Charcoal, graphite, and ink wash sketch on paper. The work depicts an airfield during World War I. An airplane, with French or British tail markings, is being pushed at the wings and at the tail by several men. A man on a tractor is visible just behind the plane's tail. In the background on the left are airplane hangars with planes in them.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918
- ID Number
- AF.25855
- catalog number
- 25855
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 20 in; 27.94 cm x 50.8 cm
- referenced
- France: Centre-Val de Loire, Issoudun
- 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
- Subject
- Planes
- Record ID
- nmah_445363
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7c5e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
