Afternoon Concert in the Courtyard at Hospital at Langres

Sketch by Ernest Clifford Peixotto, ca 1918, Afternoon Concert in the Courtyard at Hospital at Langres
Sketch by Ernest Clifford Peixotto, Afternoon Concert in the Courtyard
Description:

Pencil sketch on paper. Underneath a stand of trees, a large band plays for a group of men assembled in a courtyard. In the center foreground, a man in a wheelchair listens to the concert. The sketch is attached to heavy card that has a label affixed at the bottom center that reads "AFTERNOON CONCERT IN THE COURTYARD/AT HOSPITAL AT LANGRES/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2957."

Date Made: ca 1918Associated Date: 1917-1918

Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford

Location: Currently not on view

Depicted: France: Grand Est, Langres

Subject: MedicineRelated Event: World War I

Subject:

See more items in: Military and Society: 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.25799Catalog Number: 25799Accession Number: 64592

Object Name: sketch

Physical Description: pencil (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 20 in x 17 in; 50.8 cm x 43.18 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-6f69-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_445034

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