Dead Acres - St. Mihiel Sector
date: label: date made
content: ca 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: A charcoal sketch on paper of a war-torn area in the St. Mihiel Sector of combat during World War I. Several bare trees dominate the scene. Two American soldiers are resting by the tree on the right. In the foreground, there is a trench with a wooden plank crossing on the right side. Several crosses, presumably marking graves, are in the background on the left.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: France: Grand Est, Saint-Mihiel
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.25981
label: catalog number
content: 25981
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: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 11 9/16 in; 29.845 cm x 29.36875 cm