Newly Arrived Troops Debarking at Brest
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Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Duncan, Walter Jack
- Description
- Charcoal and black ink wash sketch. A large ship is docked and troops walk down the gangplank onto land. Soldiers stand in the foreground and on the ship, waiting to disembark. The sketch is done on beige wove paper which is mounted on beige card that has been ruled with decorative graphite lines.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-07-22
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25697
- catalog number
- 25697
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- ink wash (overall production method/technique)
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15 in x 19 1/2 in; 38.1 cm x 49.53 cm
- sketch: 10 1/4 in x 14 3/8 in; 26.035 cm x 36.5125 cm
- depicted
- France: Brittany, Brest
- 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
- depicted
- Ships
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_448077
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-85a5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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