Air Raid, Fere-en-Tardenois
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1918
name: label: artist
content: Harding, George Matthews
notes: label: Description
content: Crayon and charcoal drawing on paper of soldiers taking shelter during an air raid at Fere-en-Tardenois in France during World War I. Depicted are soldiers in uniform rushing towards a shelter in a shell-torn building through a door marked "CAVE" ("cellar" in English). The brown roof of the building is badly damaged. Black objects, probably shells, are falling from the sky at top right. An orange fire is burning in the distance behind the buildings. A discarded wagon wheel can be seen in the foreground at right. Signed by the artist at bottom right, "Geo Harding"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: place made
content: France
label: depicted
content: France: Hauts-de-France, Fère-en-Tardenois
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25727
label: accession number
content: 64592
label: catalog number
content: 25727
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal; crayon (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 5/8 in x 17 3/4 in; 65.0875 cm x 45.085 cm