Engineer Camp Near Flirey

Description:

Charcoal or crayon with gouache on heavy white card. A complex of dugouts and other structures are built into the side of the hill. Soldiers move through the outdoor area in front of the dugouts.

Date Made: 1918

Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Aylward, William James

Location: Currently not on view

Referenced: France: Grand Est, Flirey

Related Event: World War I

Subject:

See more items in: Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military, Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, Military, World War I Art, Art, Combat Art, Art

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Credit Line: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AF.25655Catalog Number: 25655Accession Number: 64592

Object Name: drawing

Physical Description: charcoal (overall production method/technique)crayon (overall production method/technique)goauche (overall production method/technique)heavy card (overall material)Measurements: overall with cardboard label: 18 11/16 in x 23 13/16 in; 47.46625 cm x 60.48375 cmoverall without cardboard label: 18 3/8 in x 23 13/16 in; 46.6725 cm x 60.48375 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-78a0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_445388

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