The Road to Essey
The Road to Essey
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on white paper. Sketch shows groups of American soldiers marching off into the distance between army motor trucks on a dirt road. The road is surrounded by large dead trees and barbed wire entanglements on either side. Rolling hills and fields in the distance. The sky is very cloudy and dark with observation balloons floating in the distance.
- Location
- Currently on loan
- date made
- 1918
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- place made
- France: Bourgogne, Essey
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 17 3/4 in x 17 3/4 in; 45.085 cm x 45.085 cm
- ID Number
- AF.26080
- catalog number
- 26080
- accession number
- 64592
- related event
- World War I
- See more items in
- Armed Forces History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Art
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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