Great Shell Hole Near Cierges
Great Shell Hole Near Cierges
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- Description
- Pencil sketch on paper. This landscape depicts a shell-torn area with damaged buildings and a large shell hole in the foreground. The crater is partially filled with water. Two soldiers stand on the far edge of the crater, looking down at the water.
- 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
- Physical Description
- pencil (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 1/4 in x 14 in; 28.575 cm x 35.56 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25835
- catalog number
- 25835
- 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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