Vanquished by the Boche Plane
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Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Harding, George Matthews
- Description
- Charcoal and crayon drawing on heavy textured cream wove paper. The work depicts two Allied aircraft burning and falling from the sky as two men descend in parachutes.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-09-27
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25748
- catalog number
- 25748
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- drawing
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- crayon (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 15/16 in x 24 3/8 in; 53.18125 cm x 61.9125 cm
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, General
- 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
- Subject
- Planes
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_448012
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-2349-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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