Object Details
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- Description
- Charcoal drawing on paper. The work depicts several damaged buildings in the main square of Fère-en-Tardenois, France during World War I. A church with a tall spire and a cross atop its peaked roof dominates the center of the work. A smaller, perhaps residential, building in the foreground is partially collapsed, with debris spilling out of the exposed second floor interior.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-08
- ID Number
- AF.25859
- catalog number
- 25859
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23 3/8 in x 17 1/2 in; 59.3725 cm x 44.45 cm
- sketch: 19 3/4 in x 15 1/4 in; 50.165 cm x 38.735 cm
- depicted
- France: Hauts-de-France, Fère-en-Tardenois
- 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
- Church
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_445326
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7b27-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
