Torcy
date: label: date made
content: 1918-10-04
label: date made
content: 1918-08-04
name: label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: Pencil sketch on paper, mounted. This work depicts Torcy during World War I. Shell craters are visible in the foreground of the composition along with torn and scatterd limbs from the line of trees in the midground. Damaged buildings add to the sense of devastation in the work and demonstrate the state of the French countryside durinig the conflict.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: France: Île-de-France, Torcy
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.26061
label: catalog number
content: 26061
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
label: Other Terms
content: Sketch; Pencil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (mount material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sketch material)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (sketch production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 16 in; 29.845 cm x 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 9 7/8 in x 12 in; 25.0825 cm x 30.48 cm