Mine Crater, on the Road to Varennes
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal, ink wash, and crayon sketch on white paper. The drawing depicts a large crater, filled with water, on a road to Varennes, France. The ridges around the crater are lined with American soldiers. Museum records pertaining to this object indicate: "This great mine crater, 160 feet wide, was in the main road and American engineers are here seen lowering its top and filling it in preparatory to bridging it over."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: France: Grand Est, Varennes-en-Argonne
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.25847
label: catalog number
content: 25847
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: ink wash (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 5/8 in x 20 in; 37.1475 cm x 50.8 cm