Returning Refugees Hatton Chattel
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Aylward, William James
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal, ink wash, and gouache drawing on beige textured paper. The work depicts refugees returning to a shell torn village in Hatton Chattel, France. Older men, women, children, sheep and a mule laden with clothing gather in front of a severely damaged building. An American soldier is standing in the center of the drawing. In the foreground on the left, a man in dark clothes stands looking at the crowd.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: France: Grand Est, Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel
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: 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.25664
label: catalog number
content: 25664
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wash (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: gouache (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 7/16 in x 25 1/4 in; 51.91125 cm x 64.135 cm