Ruins in the Main Square Fere-En-Tardenois
date: label: date made
content: 1918-08
name: label: artist
content: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal drawing on paper. The work depicts several damaged buildings in the main square of Fère-en-Tardenois, France during World War I. A church with a tall spire and a cross atop its peaked roof dominates the center of the work. A smaller, perhaps residential, building in the foreground is partially collapsed, with debris spilling out of the exposed second floor interior.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: France: Hauts-de-France, Fère-en-Tardenois
topic: label: Subject
content: Church
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.25859
label: catalog number
content: 25859
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: 23 3/8 in x 17 1/2 in; 59.3725 cm x 44.45 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 19 3/4 in x 15 1/4 in; 50.165 cm x 38.735 cm