Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- Description
- A charcoal and pencil sketch on paper. This landscape shows the view from the village of Belleau looking towards Belleau Wood. Trenches and foxholes constructed by the German soldiers are in the foreground. Stielhandgranate (stick grenades) litter the ground around this abandoned German position.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-08-03
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25985
- catalog number
- 25985
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- pencil (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- sketch with frame: 12 1/8 in x 15 3/16 in; 30.7975 cm x 38.57625 cm
- sketch without frame: 9 1/4 in x 12 in; 23.495 cm x 30.48 cm
- depicted
- France: Hauts-de-France, Belleau
- France: Hauts-de-France, Belleau, Bois de
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- Military
- World War I Art
- Art
- Combat Art
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_445683
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7b4f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
