Charcoal and pencil sketch on paper. The focal point of the drawing is a large denuded tree that looks like it has been shelled. There is a man arranging something (possibly rocks for a grave) at the base of the tree. The background depicts the buildings of a square, all of which have been shelled.
Ink wash sketch. The scene depicts the village of Chateau Thierry as seen from the Old Chateau. A label affixed to the bottom of the drawing reads: "CHATEAU THIERRY/From the terrace of the Old Chateau, July 21, 1918/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2977."
Charcoal, pencil, and ink wash sketch on paper. The work shows the village of Cierges, France during World War I. A group of buildings are clustered in the middle of the work surrounded by rolling hills and horses.
Charcoal sketch on board. Troops marching through a shell-torn village. In the foreground are several soldiers and a horse-drawn wagon; these are in shadow. The background of the picture is in light and includes more troops, trucks, buildings, and trees.
Pencil and ink wash sketch on paper. The work shows a group of mounted soldiers watering their horses in a village in the Tour Sector of France during World War I. The village church is in the center of the sketch; to the right and behind the church is a small castle surrounded by trees.
Charcoal sketch. In the foreground is a mounted soldier and a soldier on foot next to him; both of them are wearing French helmets. Beyond these two figures is a line of advancing infantrymen. On the left are two Renault FT-17 tanks. In the background, on the right, are trees and shell-torn buildings. Plumes of smoke streak the horizon.
A pencil and watercolor sketch on paper of a hospital at Savenay, France. This American hospital occupied several permanent buildings and temporary structures during World War I.
Pencil and watercolor sketch on paper. The work depicts an artillery encampment near Luxembourg during World War I. Several artillery guns, most likely French 75mm cannons, are lined up in a clearing in front of a building.
Color crayon and charcoal sketch on paper. A line of American soldiers and horses pulling artillery pass through a shell-torn town. The background is comprised of badly damaged buildings. In the foreground are parts of broken equipment and vehicles.
Charcoal and ink wash sketch on paper. This rough sketch depicts a village street with a camouflage apparatus hung over the street. Soldiers are in the thoroughfare, under the camouflage screen. The museum's catalogue card for this drawing reads, "The road through Merviller is on the slope of a hill and is exposed to German observation. But by the use overhead camouflage screening, one strip of which is here shown, the traffic along this road is entirely concealed."
Charcoal sketch on paper. The work depicts a dugout fortified by wood planks. A chair and some other items are just visible under the roof of the dugout. The right side of the sketch shows one of the entry-way walls reinforced with stacked horizontal logs, which are bordered by a vertical post on either side. A label underneath the sketch reads: "GERMAN POST OF COMMAND/Hill 204, July, 1918/BY. E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2991."
A charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper of an old observation post at Martincourt, France. A small platform, reached by a ladder, sits in the canopy of a tree.