Tank Surprises and Cleans Up
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Townsend, Harry
label: artist
content: Townsend, Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal sketch on white paper of a tank at a German machine gun nest. A Renault FT-17 tank has its guns pointed at a German machine gun nest. One German soldier is standing with his hands held up in surrender. There is another Renault tank in the background and a plume of smoke from an explosion. More soldiers can be seen in the background at left.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
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.26092
label: catalog number
content: 26092
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: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 1/4 in x 18 in; 61.595 cm x 45.72 cm