Returning Refugees Hatton Chattel

Description:

Charcoal, ink wash, and gouache drawing on beige textured paper. The work depicts refugees returning to a shell torn village in Hatton Chattel, France. Older men, women, children, sheep and a mule laden with clothing gather in front of a severely damaged building. An American soldier is standing in the center of the drawing. In the foreground on the left, a man in dark clothes stands looking at the crowd.

Date Made: 1918

Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Aylward, William James

Location: Currently not on view

Depicted: France: Grand Est, Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel

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.25664Catalog Number: 25664Accession Number: 64592

Object Name: drawing

Physical Description: charcoal (overall production method/technique)wash (overall production method/technique)gouache (overall production method/technique)paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 20 7/16 in x 25 1/4 in; 51.91125 cm x 64.135 cm

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

Record Id: nmah_445398

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