Charcoal sketch on white paper of a battlefield in Lorraine, France, opposite Domevre. Two American soldiers stand in a trench behind a fortified wall. Their backs are to the viewer and they are looking out across an open hilly area. The soldier at left is looking through binoculars and the soldier at right is holding his gun. A small village is visible in the background on the left, and a few houses are visible in the background on the right.
Charcoal sketch on illustration board of a ruined chateau in the village of Eix in France. The house is shell-torn, with several large holes in the roof and walls. The chateau is surrounded by shell damaged trees and a ruined brick wall. According to the title card affixed to the drawing, the chateau was once the headquarters of the Crown Prince.
Charcoal sketch on paper. Three army supply trucks pass through a French village. There is a large house in the background. To the left, a group of people are sitting in front of houses and there are some children playing. They watch the trucks as they drive past.
Charcoal and ink wash sketch on paper. A group of women, some standing on benches, are making camouflage nets at the Central Camouflage Depot in Dijon, France. These nets were made of pieces of painted burlap tied to wire and were used to disguise artillery positions.
A pencil and watercolor sketch on paper of a shell torn church at Charteves. In the center of the sketch is a church which has been destroyed by shell fire.
Charcoal sketch on white paper. Depicted are war refugees from Chateau Thierry, France, entering a town carrying their belongings while American soldiers exit the town as part of an artillery convoy. At left, a woman leads a horse and oxen pulling a carriage stocked with household items and animals. A second woman rides the horse. A few civilian men follow behind them. At right, American soldiers ride horses and carriages away from the town, followed by carts filled with supplies and a large field gun. Trees line the road to the right and houses line the road at left.
Pencil sketch on paper. Underneath a stand of trees, a large band plays for a group of men assembled in a courtyard. In the center foreground, a man in a wheelchair listens to the concert. The sketch is attached to heavy card that has a label affixed at the bottom center that reads "AFTERNOON CONCERT IN THE COURTYARD/AT HOSPITAL AT LANGRES/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2957."
Watercolor on paper. The work depicts men unloading cargo at the American Base Port in Marseille, France. Two lighters (barges used to transport supplies and passengers to and from moored ships) are pictured carrying large quantities of cargo, which are being transferred to a building at the right under the supervision of a uniformed soldier. There is a small row boat at the front of the painting in which sit three men wearing brightly-colored clothing and head gear. Signed at bottom right by the artist, "W.J. Aylward, A.E.F. '19"
Graphite and gouache on paper mounted on heavy white card. The drawing shows a badly damaged church at Fossoy, France. There is a bare tree on the left.
Charcoal and ink wash sketch on blue-gray paper. The sketch is a view of the river and the steps leading down to it as seen between two buildings. Several dwellings in the background. Soldier mounting steps and two soldiers at the water. The sketch is mounted to a larger piece of heavy white cardboard. A label affixed to this cardboard mount reads: "11./AMERICAN SOLDIERS WASHING UP IN THE DOLLER RIVER IN AN TOWN IN GERMAN/ALSACE. (Massevaux)./Peixotto."
Charcoal and ink wash sketch on blue-gray paper. Women are making nets and camouflage material in a large tent-like structure in Dijon, France. The structure appears to be fortified with sand bags at one end. There is a label attached to the bottom center of the sketch that reads: "MAKING NETS AND CAMOUFLAGE MATERIAL/Central Camouflage Depot at Dijon/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/3004."
A charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper. The sketch depicts a small village in France where American soldiers were billeted during World War I. The Marne river, seen here in the right background, was
the line a German offensive in the spring and summer of 1918.
Charcoal sketch on paper of a soldier advancing through the Argonne Forest. The soldier has his rifle drawn and is moving through dense trees. There are other soldiers behind him in the distance, all surrounded by trees. On the reverse of the drawing is a rough sketch of a similar scene.
Pencil and watercolor sketch on paper. The work depicts the French city of Neufchâteau during World War I. The scene shows the city from an aerial perspective, with farms in the lower left portion of the sketch. A church steeple dominates the center of the sketch, with buildings surrounding the church on all sides.
Charcoal sketch on paper of soldiers looking up at the sky as a cluster of "archies" (anti-aircraft artillery) explode in the distance. Three soldiers are on a camp wagon at right which is led by a team of horses. Another soldier at left is on horseback in front of the wagon. The soldiers all have their faces turned away from the viewer as they look to the background left of the sketch, where the artillary are exploding in the sky.
Graphite sketch of the town of Angers. Tall buildings line a street where groups of people are passing through. Several people carry umbrellas. There is a cart in the center of the street, in front of one the buildings. People can be seen in several windows of the building on the right of the sketch. Sketch done on white paper mounted on beige card.