The Rhine Looking Down Stream from Coblenz
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Smith, J. Andre
label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: This pencil sketch of the Rhine River was drawn at the close of World War I by one of the official American Expeditionary Forces soldier-artists. Reaching the Rhine was a major objective of the AEF during the war. The American occupation of the German city of Koblenz began in December 1918, after November's armistice.
label: Description
content: In this sketch, the Rhine River is in the foreground. Across the river, the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress sits atop a hill. This fortress served as the US Army's headquarters during the occupation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Germany
label: depicted
content: Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Koblenz
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.26041
label: catalog number
content: 26041
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pencil (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/4 in x 15 1/2 in; 31.115 cm x 39.37 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 6 3/4 in x 11 3/8 in; 17.145 cm x 28.8925 cm