Ruined Torcy

Description:

Ink wash with charcoal on paper. The paper is affixed to a larger piece of beige cardboard. The drawing depicts a shell torn gothic church and the cemetery beside it. A tree stands behind the cemetery wall. The church and cemetery and bordered by a street that runs diagonally through the picture. More rubble is on the right of the street.

Date Made: 1918-07

Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford

Location: Currently not on view

Depicted: France: Hauts-de-France, Torcy-en-Valois

Subject: ChurchRelated Event: World War I

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Credit Line: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AF.25857Catalog Number: 25857Accession Number: 64592

Object Name: sketch

Physical Description: inkwash (overall production method/technique)charcoal (overall production method/technique)paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 15 3/8 in x 17 3/8 in; 39.0525 cm x 44.1325 cmsketch: 11 3/16 in x 13 3/4 in; 28.3845 cm x 34.925 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-81e4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_445325

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