Soldiers' Billet
date: label: date made
content: 1918-06-09
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: maker
content: Duncan, Walter Jack
notes: label: Description
content: Pen, ink wash, and graphite sketch of a soldiers' billet in a village near Chateau Thierry, France. An American soldier on a horse rides through a gateway that is connected on each side to a building with a thatched roof. Another soldier stands behind the wooden gate to the right in the sketch. More buildings can be seen in the background through gate. Sketch is on white paper mounted on tan card, which is ruled with decorative graphite lines. Signed at bottom right by the artist, "W.J. Duncan, June 9, '18".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: France: Hauts-de-France, Château-Thierry
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.25699
label: catalog number
content: 25699
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 3/4 in x 11 3/8 in; 27.305 cm x 28.8925 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 8 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 20.955 cm x 24.13 cm