Braubach and the Marksburg
Braubach and the Marksburg
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- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch. The sketch depicts a village on the far bank of a river. On the near bank, in the foreground, are three empty rowboats. The sketch is done on thin green paper, which is affixed to slightly thicker white card. This mount is then affixed to a large piece of heavy card board. A label underneath the sketch reads: "BRAUBACK AND THE MARKSBURG/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2971."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sketch
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- depicted
- Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Braubach
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- ink wash (overall pattern)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 3/4 in x 22 in; 34.925 cm x 55.88 cm
- sketch: 10 3/4 in x 13 3/4 in; 27.305 cm x 34.925 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25813
- catalog number
- 25813
- 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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