Main Street, Varennes
Main Street, Varennes
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- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch on white card stock. The center of the village of Varennes is destroyed. A soldier on a motorcycle and several vehicles pass along the main raid through the village.
- 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
- France: Grand Est, Varennes-en-Argonne
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- ink wash (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 1/2 in x 21 3/4 in; 36.83 cm x 55.245 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25845
- catalog number
- 25845
- 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
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- Military
- World War I Art
- Art
- Combat Art
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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