Object Details
associated person
War Department
Townsend, Harry
artist
Townsend, Harry
Description
Charcoal sketch on white paper. Three American soldiers crouch in a trench. One soldier at left serves as the lookout while one soldier at right listens over the telephone. A third soldier at center holds a roll of telephone wire over his arm. There is a low fence on top of the hill in the background. A label affixed to the sketch reads: "'Soldiers of the Telephone.' Who stubbornly lay and keep open their wires under shell and machine-gun fire and who, often, well ahead of the tanks and the infantry are the 'eyes' as well as the 'ears' of the advancing columns - keeping Regimental H.Q. at all times in touch with its men."
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
date made
1918
associated date
1917 - 1918
ID Number
AF.26124
catalog number
26124
accession number
64592
Object Name
Sketch
Physical Description
charcoal (overall production method/technique)
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 18 in x 22 3/4 in; 45.72 cm x 57.785 cm
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Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
Art
Data Source
National Museum of American History
related event
World War I
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_448096