Gateway to the Front, Rambucourt
date: label: date made
content: ca 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Smith, J. Andre
label: maker
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: A charcoal sketch on white card of a gateway to the front at Rambucourt, France. The scene is sketched from inside a shelter (possibly a barn). Several soldiers are seen on the right side sitting at tables. Two soldiers are sitting down in the center foreground with two soldiers in the background and another one in the left. A winding trench is seen in the center part of the sketch with a wooden plank over the trench serving as a bridge. Buildings can be seen in the background including a wall of a building on the left with an open doorway. The roof of the shelter along with a wired fence on the top with leaves and/or branches coving it.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: France
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.25993
label: catalog number
content: 25993
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: 18 3/4 in x 24 1/8 in; 47.625 cm x 61.2775 cm