Mixed media sketch on paper. In the sketch, a column of troops advances down a road that runs from the left background to the right foreground. The landscape behind the troops shows the effects of the war. A piece of equipment appears to be stuck on the side of the road on the left side of the sketch.
Date Made: 1918-09-26Associated Date: 1917-1918
Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
Location: Currently not on view
Depicted Region/Arrondissement: France: Hauts-de-France, Cambrai
Related Event: World War I
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Credit Line: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: AF.25892Catalog Number: 25892Accession Number: 64592
Object Name: sketch
Physical Description: charcoal (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 24 in x 30 in; 60.96 cm x 76.2 cmsketch: 17 1/2 in x 24 1/2 in; 44.45 cm x 62.23 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-81e1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_445322
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