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German Prisoners Under Guard

American History Museum

Sketch by Walter Jack Duncan, German Prisoners under Guard
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Object Details

associated person

War Department

maker

Duncan, Walter Jack

Description

Graphite, brush and ink wash, and black crayon sketch. Village scene of a road and a large building. Three men walk down the road followed by a third carrying a rifle. Tall smokestack, emitting smoke, in background. Two women in the far left of the drawing. The sketch is done on off-white wove paper that is mounted on off-white card. There is a label that is affixed to the bottom edge of the sketch and also the card mount. It is glued over another typed label.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff

date made

1918-05-15

associated date

1917-1918

ID Number

AF.25695

catalog number

25695

accession number

64592

Object Name

sketch

Physical Description

ink (overall production method/technique)
graphite (overall production method/technique)
crayon (overall production method/technique)
paper (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

overall: 12 1/4 in x 13 in; 31.115 cm x 33.02 cm
sketch: 10 1/4 in x 11 1/4 in; 26.035 cm x 28.575 cm

depicted

France: Grand Est, Neufchâteau

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

depicted

POWs

related event

World War I

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-85a7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_448079

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