On the Gas Alert
On the Gas Alert
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- Description
- Charcoal sketch on white paper of American soldiers American soldiers huddled in a trench, presumably getting ready for battle and preparing for a gas attack. Some soldiers are wearing gas masks, while others peek over the trench walls. In the background at right there is an overturned tank behind a dead horse. There is barbed wire in the background on the left. Toxic gasses, such as chlorine and mustard gas, were used in World War I by enemy armies as part of chemical warfare. When gas was detected, an alarm was raised and soldiers would put on their gas masks to avoid injuries, such as chemical burns and blindness, or death.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Sketch
- date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917 - 1918
- associated person
- War Department
- Townsend, Harry
- artist
- Townsend, Harry
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17 1/4 in x 23 1/4 in; 43.815 cm x 59.055 cm
- ID Number
- AF.26115
- catalog number
- 26115
- 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
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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