Last Remains of Montfaucon
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Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- Duncan, Walter Jack
- Description
- Ink wash, black crayon, and graphite sketch of a road leading through what remains of a village. An ambulance stands before a shell-torn building; several wagons and soldiers are standing in the road. Part of a wall stands on the right. Airplanes in sky. Sketch is on beige wove paper mounted on tan card that has decorative ruled lines. Below the sketch is a printed label, attached to the tan mount, that reads: "THE LAST REMAINS OF MONTFAUCON/FIRST-AID DRESSING STATION/BY W. J. DUNCAN/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2860."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-10-20
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25702
- catalog number
- 25702
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- ink wash (overall production method/technique)
- crayon (overall production method/technique)
- graphite (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 1/8 in x 17 3/8 in; 33.3375 cm x 44.1325 cm
- sketch: 9 1/4 in x 13 1/2 in; 23.495 cm x 34.29 cm
- depicted
- France: Grand Est, Montfaucon-d'Argonne
- 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_448074
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-85a3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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