View of Chateau Thierry
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Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- Duncan, Walter Jack
- Description
- Pen and ink wash sketch with touches of graphite. Hills and battleground in distance. In the foreground, houses are being shelled; smoke rises from the shell targets. Parachutists in sky at left. The sketch is done on white wove paper mounted on tan card ruled with decorative lines. A printed label is attached to the mount beneath the sketch; it reads: "VIEW OF CHATEAU THIERRY/BY W. J. DUNCAN/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2862"
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-06-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25704
- catalog number
- 25704
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- ink wash (overall production method/technique)
- graphite (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 16 in; 27.94 cm x 40.64 cm
- sketch: 6 in x 10 1/8 in; 15.24 cm x 25.7175 cm
- depicted
- France: Hauts-de-France, Château-Thierry
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- World War I Art
- Art
- Combat Art
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_448072
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-85a1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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