View of Chateau Thierry
date: label: date made
content: 1918-06-07
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: maker
content: Duncan, Walter Jack
notes: label: Description
content: Pen and ink wash sketch with touches of graphite. Hills and battleground in distance. In the foreground, houses are being shelled; smoke rises from the shell targets. Parachutists in sky at left. The sketch is done on white wove paper mounted on tan card ruled with decorative lines. A printed label is attached to the mount beneath the sketch; it reads: "VIEW OF CHATEAU THIERRY/BY W. J. DUNCAN/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2862"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: France: Hauts-de-France, Château-Thierry
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: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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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.25704
label: catalog number
content: 25704
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink wash (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: graphite (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 16 in; 27.94 cm x 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 6 in x 10 1/8 in; 15.24 cm x 25.7175 cm