Graphite, charcoal, and ink wash sketch. Five officers sit around a table while another soldier serves them. The chair in the foreground is empty. On the table, a lamp illuminates the men's faces and casts shadows on the walls. A box telephone and two bottles of wine are among the items on the table. The sketch is done on white wove paper mounted on beige card that is ruled with decorative graphite lines.
Mixed media sketch on paper of an airfield at Romorantin, France, during World War I. In the background and on the left are a line of hangars; airplanes are in the left and right of the sketch. The planes have the blue, red, and white vertical stripes on their tail fins that indicate they are Allied planes.
Charcoal and watercolor sketch on white paper, mounted on thick paper. Sketch shows Mobile Hospital No. 39, The Yale Unit, near Chaillons in the St. Mihiel Sector of France. The hospital is made up of lots of large red or white tents. It has an access road (seen on the right), and there are two soldiers walking on it towards the compound. There is a fence in front of the hospital, trees in the background to the left, and fields in the back on the right.
Mixed media sketch on paper. The subject of this drawing is a camouflaged dugout. Three soldiers are in the background surrounded by trees. An original label on the drawing read, "I am told that this dugout is large enough to shelter an entire battalion. This is one of 6 or 7 entrances, the others being located on the top of the hill and leading into the dugout by a series of steps extending well below the surface of the ground. These entrances as well as the surface of the raw earth have been carefully covered with camouflage netting." Dugouts such as these were a regular feature of the landscape during the trench warfare of World War I.
Ink wash with charcoal on paper. The paper is affixed to a larger piece of beige cardboard. The drawing depicts a shell torn gothic church and the cemetery beside it. A tree stands behind the cemetery wall. The church and cemetery and bordered by a street that runs diagonally through the picture. More rubble is on the right of the street.
Mixed media sketch on paper. A view of Chateau-Thierry, France during World War I. An inscription below the drawing reads, "Looking down on to the city; the Germans occupied the part of the town beyond the river (marked by the line of high buildings) and the hills shown in the distance."
Charcoal, watercolor, and pastel painting on beige paper of German prisoners and wounded American soldiers. Depicted at center are five German soldier prisoners in blue and black uniforms with red trim. They are supporting a stretcher on their shoulders which is carrying a wounded American soldier covered in a blanket. To the left of the Germans are two severely wounded American soldiers, one with a bandaged and bloody arm who is supporting the second soldier with his arm around his shoulder. To the right of the Germans is another wounded American soldier with bloody bandages wrapped around his shoulder and his arm in a sling. Behind these soldiers are rows of other American soldiers in uniform, with helmets and rifles with bayonets, and one German prisoner wearing an officer uniform. Portions of barbed wire can be seen in the background at left. The soldiers appear to be marching down a road. Signed at bottom left by the artist, "Harvey Dunn, AEF, Oct. 1918"
Charcoal sketch depicting the after-effects of the bombardment of Badonviller. An empty street, filled with rubble, is bordered by shell-torn buildings. The sketch is on white paper, which is affixed to a larger piece of heavy white cardboard.
Charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper. The work depicts barracks at Is-sur-Tille, France during World War I. Two rows of single-story pitch-roofed barrack buildings line the sides of a dirt street with telephone or telegraph wires overhead.
A pencil and watercolor sketch on paper of Field Number One at Issoudun, France. The busy airfield depicted here was part of a large training complex for the U.S. Air Service during World War I.
Pencil and ink wash sketch on paper. In the foreground, a damaged bridge extends halfway across a river. Soldiers in the river are repairing the bridge. In the background, buildings line the far bank of the river.
Charcoal and ink wash sketch on white card stock. The center of the village of Varennes is destroyed. A soldier on a motorcycle and several vehicles pass along the main raid through the village.
Charcoal and ink wash on white board. The ruined village of Varennes, France is visible on the far side of a canal bordered by a wall. The buildings are shell-torn and debris spills out in to the road running beside the river.
Oil painting on canvas with a black frame of an American soldier looking out of a trench. The American soldier is wearing an olive drab uniform and a steel helmet with his gas mask hanging around his neck. He is standing with only his head and shoulders exposed. On the embankment in front of the soldier is an M1903 Springfield rifle with bayonet attached, a pair of binoculars, and six fragmentation grenades (Mk. I or II). There are patches of grass growing around the trench and the wooden supports of the trench wall can be seen behind the soldier. Barbed wire posts can be seen in the background at right, fading into the early morning light. Signed at bottom right by the artist, "Harvey Dunn 1918"
A charcoal sketch on paper. This landscape shows Grandpre, France. In the foreground is a battleground with dugouts, barbed wire entanglements, and a bare tree on the left. Beyond the battleground are shell torn buildings, including a large church in the center that has some roof damage. The church is most likely the Église Saint-Médard.
A charcoal, pastel, and watercolor drawing of American soldiers in the early morning on the Marne in France. Five American soldiers wearing olive drab uniforms and helmets can be seen walking along a dirt road lined with barbed wire. The soldiers are carrying rifles that are covered at the muzzle. Fields of yellow grass surround the soldiers. To the left of the soldiers, beyond the barbed wire, two soldiers are hazily seen in an encampment. Above the encampment, a biplane is flying with a white and blue stripe on the plane's rudder. The drawing is diffused with the yellow morning light. Signed by the artist at bottom right, "Harvey Dunn, AEF"
A charcoal, pencil, and watercolor color sketch on paper of a camouflaged road at the front lines. An American soldier is walking down a road that is bordered on each side by a barbed wire fence covered with branches and wood that continues into the background. The catalog card records the original label for this drawing: "This is the road from Baccarat to Pexonne via Vaqueville. It shows a screening of camouflage made from reeds and pine bows now turned brown with age. On the distant hills (a little to the left of the center of this picture) is located a German O.P. [Observation Post]. The road is quite frequently under shell-fire."