Billeting Village Near Neufchateau, Farm Building

Description:

Charcoal, watercolor, and gouache on heavy white card paper. The work depicts a set of buildings on a farm near Neufchâteau, France. The farm buildings are detailed with their bricks, roofs, and chimneys. There is an outline of a road. A building is in the immediate foreground on the left although the entire building is not shown. The sky is partially blue, and there are some trees in the background.

Date Made: ca 1918

Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Aylward, William James

Location: Currently not on view

Referenced: France: Grand Est, Neufchâteau

Related Event: World War I

Subject:

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

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AF.25647Catalog Number: 25647Accession Number: 64592

Object Name: drawing

Physical Description: charcoal (overall production method/technique)gouache (overall production method/technique)watercolor (overall production method/technique)paper (overall materal)Measurements: overall: 17 15/16 in x 21 15/16 in; 45.56125 cm x 55.72125 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-79f9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_445396

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