A View of Headquarters and Chaumont
date: label: date made
content: 1918-03-23
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: Pencil and watercolor sketch on paper. The work depicts the city of Chaumont, France, the site of the American Expeditionary Force headquarters during World War I. A stream and an open field dotted with trees in the foreground leads to a bluff, topped with buildings, in the background.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: France: Grand Est, Chaumont
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.25917
label: catalog number
content: 25917
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pencil (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: sketch with frame: 11 1/4 in x 15 3/8 in; 28.575 cm x 39.0525 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch without frame: 6 13/16 in x 11 5/8 in; 17.30375 cm x 29.5275 cm