Distant View of Beaumont
Distant View of Beaumont
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- Description
- A pen and watercolor drawing on paper of Beaumont, France near the end of World War I. The scene is a landscape where most of the foreground is grass, with exception of a barbed wired fence running through the field. Partially destroyed church in the background.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sketch
- date made
- 1918-10
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- depicted
- France
- Physical Description
- ink (overall production method/technique)
- watercolor (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- sketch with frame: 12 1/8 in x 15 1/8 in; 30.7975 cm x 38.4175 cm
- sketch without frame: 7 3/8 in x 11 9/16 in; 18.7325 cm x 29.36875 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25979
- catalog number
- 25979
- 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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