American Wounded

Description:

Charcoal and pastel (or possibly color crayon) sketch on white paper. Three wounded American soldiers (in black and white) walking in front of a shell-torn church. The soldier to the left is carrying one end of a stretcher that is mostly out of the picture. To the right is a French soldier, with his back to the viewer, in the small church graveyard. Smoke rises from the ruins of the church.

Date Made: 1918-07Associated Date: 1917-1918

Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Harding, George Matthews

Location: Currently not on view

Referenced In Signature: France: Hauts-de-France, Château-Thierry

Related Event: World War I

Subject:

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

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

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AF.25735Catalog Number: 25735Accession Number: 64592

Object Name: drawing

Physical Description: charcoal (overall production method/technique)pastel (overall production method/technique)paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 18 in x 24 in; 45.72 cm x 60.96 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-82fe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_448006

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