Street Barricade at Château-Thierry
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Aylward, William James
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal, gouache, and watercolor drawing on paper mounted on brown board. The work depicts two American soldiers at a rubble barricade on a street in Château-Thierry, France. The two buildings on either side of the barricade are damaged. Several white buildings are in the background including one with the French word "Coiffeur" written near its roof. The sky is partly cloudy and a plane is flying overhead.
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: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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content: Military
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content: World War I Art
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content: Art
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content: Combat Art
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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.25667
label: catalog number
content: 25667
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: gouache (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 1/4 in x 27 1/4 in; 56.515 cm x 69.215 cm
label: Measurements
content: drawing: 21 1/4 in x 25 1/4 in; 53.975 cm x 64.135 cm