Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Aylward, William James
- Description
- Charcoal and gouache on beige textured paper mounted on brown card. The work depicts soldiers clearing rubble off the road that goes through Mont-Saint-Père. The large building that dominates the scene is badly damaged from the war.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918
- ID Number
- AF.25651
- catalog number
- 25651
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- drawing
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- gouache (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall (with brown card): 18 1/4 in x 25 3/8 in; 46.355 cm x 64.4525 cm
- drawing (beige textured paper only): 17 1/2 in x 23 3/16 in; 44.45 cm x 58.89625 cm
- depicted
- France
- Related Publication
- Krass, Peter. Portrait of War: The U.S. Army’s First Combat Artists and the Doughboys’ Experience in WWI
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- World War I Art
- Combat Art
- Military
- Art
- Art
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_445389
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-78a1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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