American Artillery Relieved at Deumx After Days of Hard Fighting
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Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Morgan, Wallace
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on illustration board. The work depicts the exhausted members of an artillery unit moving away from the line at Deumx, France. A line of soldiers, horses, wagons, and artillery pieces are moving through a forest. Many of the soldiers, whether riding on horses, vehicles, or walking, are slouched and stooped.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- depicted
- 1918-07-19
- ID Number
- AF.25758
- catalog number
- 25758
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- illustration board (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 in x 19 7/8 in; 40.64 cm x 50.4825 cm
- 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_448040
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-849a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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