Charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper. The work depicts barracks at Is-sur-Tille, France during World War I. Two rows of single-story pitch-roofed barrack buildings line the sides of a dirt street with telephone or telegraph wires overhead.
Charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper. The work depicts barracks at Is-sur-Tille, France during World War I. Two rows of single-story pitch-roofed barrack buildings line the sides of a dirt street with telephone or telegraph wires overhead.
Date Made: 1918-06Associated Date: 1917-1918
Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Smith, J. Andre
Location: Currently not on view
Depicted: France: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Is-sur-Tille
Related Event: World War I
Subject:
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.25918Catalog Number: 25918Accession Number: 64592
Object Name: sketch
Physical Description: charcoal (overall production method/technique)watercolor (overall production method/technique)paper (overall material)Measurements: sketch with frame: 12 1/16 in x 15 15/16 in; 30.63875 cm x 40.48125 cmsketch without frame: 9 5/16 in x 12 3/8 in; 23.65375 cm x 31.4325 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-743f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_445752
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