The Village Square, Bouresches
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: date made
content: 1918-08
name: label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: Mounted sketch on paper. This work illustrates shell torn buildings during World War I in the French village of Bouresches. Rubble is scattered in the foreground while a tattered tree dominates the center of the composition, partially obscuring a deserted blue wagon behind it. Damage buildings crowd the background of the sketch demonstrating the devastation the conflict brought to the French countryside.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: France: Hauts-de-France, Département de l'Aisne
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.26062
label: catalog number
content: 26062
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
label: Other Terms
content: Sketch; Mixed Media
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sketch material)
label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (sketch production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (sketch production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 16 in; 30.48 cm x 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 9 1/2 in x 12 1/4 in; 24.13 cm x 31.115 cm