Awaiting a Call
Awaiting a Call
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- Description
- Graphite, brush and ink wash sketch. Sketch of trucks lined up in a town square. People and soldiers are depicted; one woman with a child carries an umbrella. Two small dogs in front of the line of trucks. Hills and clouds in background. Sketch is done on white wove paper that is affixed to a larger piece of off-white card.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sketch
- date made
- 1918-05-18
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Duncan, Walter Jack
- depicted
- France: Grand Est, Neufchâteau
- Physical Description
- pencil (overall production method/technique)
- ink wash (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 3/4 in x 14 5/8 in; 29.845 cm x 37.1475 cm
- sketch: 8 7/8 in x 12 1/2 in; 22.5425 cm x 31.75 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25694
- catalog number
- 25694
- 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
- Military
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- World War I Art
- Art
- Combat Art
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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