Back from the Fight
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Townsend, Harry
label: artist
content: Townsend, Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Oil painting on canvas in a wooden frame showing soldiers returning from battle. A camouflaged light tank is visible at right. At left, a line of soldiers in olive drab uniforms stand talking to each other or sit and rest. A big gun is partially visible behind the soldiers at left, and several large artillery shells are stacked next to the soldiers in the foreground at left. The sky above the scene is a bright vivid blue.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.26100
label: catalog number
content: 26100
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oil (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall; frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: canvas (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 38 in; 78.74 cm x 96.52 cm