Object Details
associated person
War Department
maker
Duncan, Walter Jack
Description
Very light ink wash and brush with touches of graphite. This interior scene is framed by the sloping roof of a loft. In the left foreground, a soldier sits on a cot holding his gun. A sword hangs on the wall in the right of the sketch. Two more soldiers can be seen through a doorway on the back wall of the loft. The sketch is done on beige wove paper mounted on beige card which is ruled in graphite. A label below the sketch, mounted on the card, reads: "AMERICAN SOLDIERS/Quartered in the loft of an old barn on the/outskirts of Chateau Thierry/BY W. J. DUNCAN/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2847"
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1918-06-07
associated date
1917-1918
ID Number
AF.25689
catalog number
25689
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 5/8 in x 16 in; 29.5275 cm x 40.64 cm
sketch: 6 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in; 17.145 cm x 26.035 cm
referenced
France: Hauts-de-France, Château-Thierry
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
related event
World War I
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_448062