A View of Headquarters and Chaumont

Sketch by J. Andre Smith, A View of Headquarters and Chaumont
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Description:

Pencil and watercolor sketch on paper. The work depicts the city of Chaumont, France, the site of the American Expeditionary Force headquarters during World War I. A stream and an open field dotted with trees in the foreground leads to a bluff, topped with buildings, in the background.

Date Made: 1918-03-23Associated Date: 1917-1918

Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Smith, J. Andre

Location: Currently not on view

Depicted: France: Grand Est, Chaumont

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.25917Catalog Number: 25917Accession Number: 64592

Object Name: sketch

Physical Description: pencil (overall production method/technique)watercolor (overall production method/technique)paper (overall material)Measurements: sketch with frame: 11 1/4 in x 15 3/8 in; 28.575 cm x 39.0525 cmsketch without frame: 6 13/16 in x 11 5/8 in; 17.30375 cm x 29.5275 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7441-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_445753

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