Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- Description
- Ink wash sketch on paper. The sketch shows a village street that is lined with timber frame buildings. American troops walk up and down the street and stand or sit among the buildings. Lining the street are poles that have painted textiles hanging from them--forming several rows of what look like banners; these served as camouflage to prevent German observation balloons from watching troop movements. At the far left of the sketch, there is a water spigot in the foreground.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-05
- ID Number
- AF.25897 [dup1]
- catalog number
- 25897
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- ink (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 7/8 in x 13 7/8 in; 25.0825 cm x 35.2425 cm
- 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
- Military
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- World War I Art
- Art
- Combat Art
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_445337
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7d91-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
