At the Tank Demonstration for General Staff College
At the Tank Demonstration for General Staff College
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- Description
- Charcoal sketch on paper of a tank demonstration for the General Staff College. A large group of American soldiers, members of a tank battalion, march down a hill carrying their guns and bayonets as four light tanks advance in the same direction in the distance. There is a large cloud of smoke hovering in the air in the distance and a large hole in the ground, possibly a shell hole, in the foreground.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Sketch
- date made
- 1918-08-16
- associated date
- 1917 - 1918
- associated person
- War Department
- Townsend, Harry
- artist
- Townsend, Harry
- place made
- France
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17 1/2 in x 23 1/2 in; 44.45 cm x 59.69 cm
- ID Number
- AF.26098
- catalog number
- 26098
- 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
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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