The Alert, Badonviller
The Alert, Badonviller
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- Description
- Charcoal sketch on paper of two soldiers standing lookout in a trench in Badonviller, France. Both soldiers are holding rifles and are scanning the area, having apparently been alerted to incoming enemy action. A forest of shell-torn trees surrounds the trench.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sketch
- date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917 - 1918
- associated person
- War Department
- Morgan, Wallace
- artist
- Morgan, Wallace
- place made
- France
- depicted
- France: Grand Est, Badonviller
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 1/8 in x 18 15/16 in; 33.3375 cm x 48.10125 cm
- sketch: 12 in x 18 in; 30.48 cm x 45.72 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25784
- catalog number
- 25784
- accession number
- 64592
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- World War I
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- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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