Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- Description
- Pencil and watercolor sketch on paper. The work depicts the French city of Neufchâteau during World War I. The scene shows the city from an aerial perspective, with farms in the lower left portion of the sketch. A church steeple dominates the center of the sketch, with buildings surrounding the church on all sides.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25910
- catalog number
- 25910
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- watercolor (overall production method/technique)
- pencil (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- sketch with frame: 12 1/8 in x 15 3/4 in; 30.7975 cm x 40.005 cm
- sketch without frame: 9 1/16 in x 12 3/8 in; 23.01875 cm x 31.4325 cm
- depicted
- France: Grand Est, Neufchâteau
- Related Publication
- Krass, Peter. Portrait of War: The U.S. Army’s First Combat Artists and the Doughboys’ Experience in WWI
- 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_445444
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7028-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
