Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- Description
- A pencil sketch on paper of German dugouts on the slope of Hill 204 located near Chateau-Thierry, France. This hill was the scene of fighting between Allied (French and American) and German soldiers during July of 1918. The Allies prevailed. The scene is in a forest where the Germans took shelter in dugouts on the slope of the hill. Abandoned supplies litter the ground around the dugouts; these include Stielhandgranates (stick grenades). American soldiers stand on the top part of the sketch in a clearing.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- 1918-08
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25988
- catalog number
- 25988
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- pencil (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- sketch with frame: 16 1/8 in x 12 1/8 in; 40.9575 cm x 30.7975 cm
- sketch without frame: 11 15/16 in x 9 3/16 in; 30.32125 cm x 23.33625 cm
- depicted
- France
- See more items in
- Military and Society: 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_445680
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7b4c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
