A Quiet Sector in Lorraine, Opposite Domevre
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Townsend, Harry
label: artist
content: Townsend, Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal sketch on white paper of a battlefield in Lorraine, France, opposite Domevre. Two American soldiers stand in a trench behind a fortified wall. Their backs are to the viewer and they are looking out across an open hilly area. The soldier at left is looking through binoculars and the soldier at right is holding his gun. A small village is visible in the background on the left, and a few houses are visible in the background on the right.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: depicted
content: France: Lorraine
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
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.26094
label: catalog number
content: 26094
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: 17 in x 23 in; 43.18 cm x 58.42 cm