A View of Château Thierry
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Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- Description
- Pencil and crayon sketch on paper. The work depicts the village of Château-Thierry, France during World War I. The Saint-Crepin church rises above the other buildings of the village. On the bottom left corner of the drawing the artist wrote "Chateau Thierry Looking south-west from the Chateau terrace."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-08-04
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25900
- catalog number
- 25900
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- pencil (overall production method/technique)
- crayon (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- sketch with frame: 10 3/4 in x 15 5/8 in; 27.305 cm x 39.6875 cm
- sketch without frame: 12 1/4 in x 7 1/8 in; 31.115 cm x 18.0975 cm
- depicted
- France: Hauts-de-France, Château-Thierry
- 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_445453
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-77bc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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