Vanquished by the Boche Plane

Drawing by George Matthews Harding, Vanquished by the Boche Plane
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Description:

Charcoal and crayon drawing on heavy textured cream wove paper. The work depicts two Allied aircraft burning and falling from the sky as two men descend in parachutes.

Date Made: 1918-09-27Associated Date: 1917-1918

Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Harding, George Matthews

Location: Currently not on view

Related Event: World War I

Subject: Planes

See more items in: Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, General, 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.25748Catalog Number: 25748Accession Number: 64592

Object Name: drawing

Physical Description: charcoal (overall production method/technique)crayon (overall production method/technique)paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 20 15/16 in x 24 3/8 in; 53.18125 cm x 61.9125 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-2349-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_448012

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