American Infantry Advancing with Tanks near Essey

Description:

Crayon and charcoal drawing on white paper. A tank looms on the horizon in this battlefield scene. Barbed-wire entanglements on right and left. A soldier lies on the ground in the center of the drawing, while two American soldiers advance, with rifles ready, in the foreground.

Date Made: 1918-09-12Associated Date: 1917-1918

Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Harding, George Matthews

Location: Currently not on view

Depicted: France: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Essey

Related Event: World War I

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See more items in: Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military, Military, Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, 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.25731Catalog Number: 25731Accession Number: 64592

Object Name: drawing

Physical Description: charcoal (overall production method/technique)crayon (overall production method/technique)paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 19 5/8 in x 27 1/2 in; 49.8475 cm x 69.85 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-8352-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_448021

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