Object Details
associated person
War Department
artist
Smith, J. Andre
Description
A pencil, charcoal, and watercolor sketch on paper of a billet at Rangeval, France. The scene is of the top floor of a stable where the soldiers are quartered. Several soldiers are at the far end of the loft.
An original label for the sketch read, "This shows the hay loft of a huge stable. The men arrange their bunks in the straw and along the wall. The great shell hole in the roof (the result of former fighting) admits light and air and especially rain. But those men whose beds are exposed to the elements have stretched their ponchos tent-fashion and are enjoying a sort of inside-out existence."
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
date made
1918-05
associated date
1917-1918
ID Number
AF.25907
catalog number
25907
accession number
64592
Object Name
sketch
Physical Description
pencil (overall production method/technique)
charcoal (overall production method/technique)
watercolor (overall production method/technique)
paper (overall material)
Measurements
sketch with frame: 14 1/4 in x 10 7/8 in; 36.195 cm x 27.6225 cm
sketch without frame: 10 3/4 in x 8 11/16 in; 27.305 cm x 22.06625 cm
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Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
related event
World War I
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_445447