A Cold Breakfast on the March
date: label: date made
content: ca 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Morgan, Wallace
label: artist
content: Morgan, Wallace
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal sketch on illustration board of American soldiers eating breakfast as they march through a village during World War I. Depicted are several soldiers in uniform marching down the road while eating. They hold a variety of food and utensils in their hands, including mess kits, canteens, opened tin cans, and bread.. Several soldiers are on horseback pulling wagons. The buildings lining the road are badly damaged and the scene is dark and dreary. The right edge of the illustration board, about one to two inches along the length of the edge, is cracked and separated from the rest of the sketch. Signed at bottom right by the artist, "W. Morgan"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: Military
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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.25757
label: catalog number
content: 25757
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: illustration board (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 7/8 in x 29 in; 47.9425 cm x 73.66 cm