Relief Entering Nesle. (Detachment Fourth Infantry, U.S.A.)
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Aylward, William James
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal, crayon, ink wash, and gouache on beige card. The work depicts American infantry soldiers entering the town of Nesle, France. The men march with their gear, while a soldier in the foreground looks on, with his back to the viewer. The town's buildings are damaged from shelling. There is rubble in the street.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: France: Hauts-de-France, Nesle
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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content: Military
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content: World War I Art
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content: Art
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content: Combat Art
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25663
label: catalog number
content: 25663
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: crayon (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wash (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: gouache (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 15/16 in x 24 in; 45.56125 cm x 60.96 cm