The Main Square, Montabaur
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal and graphite sketch on paper. The sketch shows three sides of the main square of Montabaur, a town in Germany that is about 20 kilometers northeast of Koblenz. The drawing is framed on the left by the large Neo-Gothic Town Hall and several timber-frame buildings. People are walking along the square, and in and out of the gothic arches of the Town Hall. There are two automobiles in the square (the catalog card indicates that they are Army trucks). In the background, is the Schloss Montabaur, or castle of Montabaur.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Montabaur
label: depicted
content: Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Montabaur
topic: label: depicted
content: Architecture
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Military
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content: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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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.25878
label: catalog number
content: 25878
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: graphite (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 15 3/4 in; 45.72 cm x 40.005 cm