German Shelters Near Varennes
date: label: date made
content: 1918-10
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
label: artist
content: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal sketch on paper of German dugouts and shelters built on the side of a hill near Varennes, France. Shell-torn buildings are visible at the top of the hill at center. Railroad tracks run next to the hill at right. On the left at the top of a set of stairs is apparently a makeshift cemetery with several crosses for gravestones. People can be seen walking among the various shelters and dugouts on the hill.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: depicted
content: France: Grand Est, Varennes-en-Argonne
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: Religion
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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.25834
label: catalog number
content: 25834
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: 16 1/2 in x 21 3/4 in; 41.91 cm x 55.245 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 15 1/2 in x 21 1/4 in; 39.37 cm x 53.975 cm