Clearing Out the Road through Mont St. Père

Description:

Charcoal and gouache on beige textured paper mounted on brown card. The work depicts soldiers clearing rubble off the road that goes through Mont-Saint-Père. The large building that dominates the scene is badly damaged from the war.

Date Made: 1918

Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Aylward, William James

Location: Currently not on view

Depicted: France

Related Event: World War I

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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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Related Publication: Krass, Peter. Portrait of War: The U.S. Army’s First Combat Artists and the Doughboys’ Experience in WWI

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

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AF.25651Catalog Number: 25651Accession Number: 64592

Object Name: drawing

Physical Description: charcoal (overall production method/technique)gouache (overall production method/technique)paper (overall material)Measurements: overall (with brown card): 18 1/4 in x 25 3/8 in; 46.355 cm x 64.4525 cmdrawing (beige textured paper only): 17 1/2 in x 23 3/16 in; 44.45 cm x 58.89625 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-78a1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_445389

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