The "Archies," 1918
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Morgan, Wallace
label: artist
content: Morgan, Wallace
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal sketch on paper of soldiers looking up at the sky as a cluster of "archies" (anti-aircraft artillery) explode in the distance. Three soldiers are on a camp wagon at right which is led by a team of horses. Another soldier at left is on horseback in front of the wagon. The soldiers all have their faces turned away from the viewer as they look to the background left of the sketch, where the artillary are exploding in the sky.
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.25785
label: catalog number
content: 25785
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: 17 1/2 in x 23 1/4 in; 44.45 cm x 59.055 cm