Charcoal sketch on paper. The sketch depicts an empty city street. Flags fly from several of the buildings, while cannon occupy the far end of the street.
A catalog card indicates that an original label on the drawing read: "Drawing made the day before the French troops entered the city. The flags at the windows and the abandoned cannons are placed for this event [liberation of the city]. The nearer of the large buildings was a Soldatenheim [soldier's home] and the farther, the officers' club."
Date Made: 1918-11
Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
Location: Currently not on view
Depicted: France: Grand Est, Sedan
Depicted: FlagsRelated Event: World War I
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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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Related Publication: Krass, Peter. Portrait of War: The U.S. Army’s First Combat Artists and the Doughboys’ Experience in WWI
Credit Line: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: AF.25852Catalog Number: 25852Accession Number: 64592
Object Name: sketch
Physical Description: charcoal (overall production method/technique)paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 14 3/4 in x 17 1/4 in; 37.465 cm x 43.815 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-1f2d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_445366
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