In the Church at Beaumont
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: Mixed media sketch on paper. The sketch shows two American soldiers sitting in the open air in what was the interior of a church in France during World War I. The only surviving part of the church that is visible is the front wall. There are large piles of debris throughout the sketch, and one of the soldiers is sitting on a pile of rubble.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: France: Normandie, Beaumont-Hague
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.26007
label: catalog number
content: 26007
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (sketch production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (sketch production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sketch material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (mount material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 3/4 in x 11 5/8 in; 40.005 cm x 29.5275 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 12 1/8 in x 7 3/4 in; 30.7975 cm x 19.685 cm