"Lame Ducks," Issoudun
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Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- Description
- Pencil sketch on paper. The sketch depicts part of an airfield in Issoudun, France. There are disassembled planes in the foreground and several more aircraft in a large hangar. Aviators and mechanics walk around the air field. The Third Aviation Instruction Center, the U.S. Air Service's largest training base in Europe during World War I, was located at Issoudun.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.26009
- catalog number
- 26009
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- pencil (sketch production method/technique)
- paper (sketch material)
- paper (mount material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 3/8 in x 15 1/4 in; 31.369 cm x 38.735 cm
- sketch: 8 1/8 in x 12 in; 20.6375 cm x 30.48 cm
- referenced
- France: Centre-Val de Loire, Issoudun
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: 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_445800
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-829d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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