Brieulles-Sur-Meuse
Brieulles-Sur-Meuse
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- Description
- Charcoal sketch of a large shell-torn building and several other smaller buildings. The large building has been almost cut in half, from the roof to the ground, by a shell. The sketch is done on thin greenish paper, which is attached to slightly thicker card of the same size. This mount is then taped to a large piece of thick cardboard at each of its corners. There are two labels attached to the large cardboard mount. The first reads: "BRIEULLES-SUR-MEUSE/BY E. PIEXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2972." The second label is typed and reads "Dun and Brieulles were both the/scenes of fierce fighting in the/Argonne Campaign."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sketch
- date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- depicted
- France: Grand Est, Département de la Meuse
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 3/4 in x 18 in; 34.925 cm x 45.72 cm
- sketch: 11 in x 14 1/8 in; 27.94 cm x 35.8775 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25814
- catalog number
- 25814
- accession number
- 64592
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- World War I
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- World War I Art
- Art
- Combat Art
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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