Engineers' Mess at Beaumont
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: Dunn, Harvey Thomas
label: artist
content: Dunn, Harvey Thomas
notes: label: Description
content: A charcoal and pastel drawing on paper of an engineers' mess at Beaumont, France. Depicted is a large group of American soldiers in olive drab uniform holding their mess kits and gathered around the courtyard of a large stone building while they eat. A group of soldiers at back is waiting in line to receive food, while soldiers in the foreground are either standing or sitting down to eat after receiving their food. Two soldiers at right are sitting beneath a tree. A billow of smoke can be seen in the background at left, where the food is being cooked.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: depicted
content: France: Hauts-de-France, Département de la Somme
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: Mrs. Harvey Dunn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.67657M
label: catalog number
content: 67657M
label: accession number
content: 229290
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: pastel (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: drawing with frame: 24 in x 30 1/8 in; 60.96 cm x 76.5175 cm
label: Measurements
content: drawing without frame: 16 5/8 in x 22 3/8 in; 42.2275 cm x 56.8325 cm