The Construction of Docks at Brest
date: label: date made
content: 1918-07-24
name: label: maker
content: Duncan, Walter Jack
notes: label: Description
content: Pencil sketch of U.S. Engineers with the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) constructing docks at Brest, France, during World War I. Depicted are soldiers moving lumber and hammering it into place to build the wooden docks. There is a large triangular structure at the center that soldiers are climbing, and more triangular structures in the background. There are also ships floating in the harbor in the background, including one with smoke coming out of its smokestacks. Sketch is on white paper mounted on tan card, which is ruled with decorative graphite lines. Signed at bottom left by the artist, "W.J. Duncan, Brest, July 24, '18"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: depicted
content: France: Brittany, Brest
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25700
label: catalog number
content: 25700
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
label: Other Terms
content: Sketch; Etching; Charcoal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 18 in; 30.48 cm x 45.72 cm