Ink wash and pencil sketch on light green paper. The work depicts a damaged church in or near Lucy-le-Bocage, France during World War I. A large, mostly leafless tree is shown in front of the shell-torn gothic church. Other small buildings appear on the edges of the sketch surrounding the rubble-filled foreground.
Date Made: ca 1918Associated Date: 1917-1918
Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
Location: Currently not on view
Depicted: France
Subject: ChurchRelated Event: World War I
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See more items in: Military and Society: 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.25843Catalog Number: 25843Accession Number: 64592
Object Name: sketch
Physical Description: ink wash (overall production method/technique)pencil (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 11 in x 14 3/16 in; 27.94 cm x 36.03625 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-54e5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_445265
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