Field Encampment near Dun-sur-Meuse
Field Encampment near Dun-sur-Meuse
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- Description
- Ink and watercolor color sketch on paper. The work depicts a field encampment near Dun-sur-Meuse, France, after the Armistice of World War I. A road cuts through a field where there are a large number of tents pitched. Several graves marked by crosses line one side of the road.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sketch
- date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- referenced
- France: Grand Est, Dun-sur-Meuse
- Physical Description
- ink (overall production method/technique)
- pencil (overall production method/technique)
- watercolor (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- sketch with frame: 12 9/16 in x 16 1/8 in; 31.90875 cm x 40.9575 cm
- sketch without frame: 8 in x 11 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 29.21 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25926
- catalog number
- 25926
- 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
- World War I Art
- Combat Art
- Military
- Art
- Art
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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