German Dugouts, Montsec
date: label: date made
content: ca 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal sketch on textured, off-white paper. The work depicts the interior of what was the dugout of a German commanding officer near Montsec, France during World War I. A wounded American soldier reads while sitting in a chair, with one leg raised and resting on a bench. Crutches lean against the bench. There are two labels on the cardboard under the sketch. The first is printed and reads: "GERMAN DUGOUTS, MONTSEC/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2989". The second is typed and reads: "This was the dugout of the commanding officer. The walls were covered with burlap and the furniture was carefully made of twisted boughs. The wouded [sic] officer belonged to the 1st Division, which took Montsec."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: France: Grand Est, Montsec
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
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.25831
label: catalog number
content: 25831
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 22 in; 35.56 cm x 55.88 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 11 in x 13 in; 27.94 cm x 33.02 cm