His Bunkie
Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Aylward, William James
- Description
- Charcoal or crayon with gouache drawing on beige paper backed by card matte. The drawing depicts an American soldier, fully equipped, standing at the grave of his bunk mate or "bunkie." A wooden cross is at the head of the grave. Beside the cross are a helmet and what looks like a metal canister.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25661
- catalog number
- 25661
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- drawing
- Physical Description
- charcoal or crayon (overall production method/technique)
- gouache (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- card-matte (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall (with matte): 28 in x 22 in; 71.12 cm x 55.88 cm
- drawing (without matte): 24 1/2 in x 18 1/8 in; 62.23 cm x 46.0375 cm
- 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_445408
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7e9e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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