Barber Shop and First Aid Station of the Red Cross at Essey
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Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Duncan, Walter Jack
- Description
- Graphite with brush and black ink wash. The sketch depicts a shell-torn building with an automobile parked inside. A line of clothes is visible through the large hole in the building. A group of men gather around a chair, where one man is being attended to by a barber. Army truck at right of building. The sketch is done on beige wove paper mounted on beige card ruled with decorative graphite lines.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-09-17
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25691
- catalog number
- 25691
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- ink wash (overall production method/technique)
- graphite (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 in x 17 3/8 in; 33.02 cm x 44.1325 cm
- overall: 9 1/4 in x 13 3/8 in; 23.495 cm x 33.9725 cm
- depicted
- France: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Essey
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- World War I Art
- Art
- Combat Art
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- depicted
- Red Cross
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_448083
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7403-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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