Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Harding, George Matthews
- Description
- Charcoal, crayon, gouache, and blue wash drawing on heavy textured cream wove paper. The work depicts American soldiers marching German ("Boche") prisoners of war (unarmed, in green uniforms) through a street in a recaptured village on the Marne. A woman is sitting inside one of the badly damaged buildings lining the street. Deceased German soldiers are lying on the ground in the foreground.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-07
- 1918-07-01
- 1918-07-01
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25747
- catalog number
- 25747
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- drawing
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- crayon (overall production method/technique)
- watercolor (overall production method/technique)
- gouache (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17 1/2 in x 22 7/8 in; 44.45 cm x 58.1025 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
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_448013
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-834b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
