The Square at Echternach, Luxembourg
The Square at Echternach, Luxembourg
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- Description
- Colored sketch on thick white paper. This work depicts Place du Marche in the Luxembourgish village of Echternach on Luxembourg's border with German Rhineland at the close of World War I. Banners line the facade of Echternach's city hall in the foreground, and the steeples of the basilica rise from the background. The soldiers in the square are likely American, an Army truck is visible on the street to the right, and a Red Cross ambulance is on the street to the left.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Sketch
- Other Terms
- Sketch; Mixed Media
- date made
- 1918-10
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- referenced
- Luxembourg: Echternach, Echternach
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- paper (sketch material)
- pencil (sketch production method/technique)
- colored pencil (sketch production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 3/4 in x 15 1/2 in; 29.845 cm x 39.37 cm
- sketch: 7 1/4 in x 11 in; 18.415 cm x 27.94 cm
- ID Number
- AF.26064
- catalog number
- 26064
- accession number
- 64592
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- World War I
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- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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