Sketch Near Essey
date: label: date made
content: 1918-09-13
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 watercolor sketch on paper of an overturned wagon and dead horse near Essey, France, on September 13, 1918. The overturned caisson (wagon designed to carry ammunition) lies at the opening of a barbed wire fence at center. A dead horse can be seen to the right of the caisson and its blood is seen trickling down the hill. A tree is seen in the upper left part of the sketch. The sketch is roughly done and only red, blue and brown are used as colors. Written at bottom left in pencil by the artist is "Sept 13. Sketch near Essey (German guns and casion [sic])"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: referenced
content: France: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Essey
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: Mrs. Harvey Dunn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.67521M
label: catalog number
content: 67521M
label: accession number
content: 229290
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (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: 24 1/8 in x 30 1/8 in; 61.2775 cm x 76.5175 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch without frame: 15 15/16 in x 25 1/2 in; 40.48125 cm x 64.77 cm