Pen and ink wash sketch with touches of graphite. Hills and battleground in distance. In the foreground, houses are being shelled; smoke rises from the shell targets. Parachutists in sky at left. The sketch is done on white wove paper mounted on tan card ruled with decorative lines. A printed label is attached to the mount beneath the sketch; it reads: "VIEW OF CHATEAU THIERRY/BY W. J. DUNCAN/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2862"
Date Made: 1918-06-07Associated Date: 1917-1918
Associated Person: War DepartmentMaker: Duncan, Walter Jack
Location: Currently not on view
Depicted: France: Hauts-de-France, Château-Thierry
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.25704Catalog Number: 25704Accession Number: 64592
Object Name: sketch
Physical Description: ink wash (overall production method/technique)graphite (overall production method/technique)paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 11 in x 16 in; 27.94 cm x 40.64 cmsketch: 6 in x 10 1/8 in; 15.24 cm x 25.7175 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-85a1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_448072
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