155mm Howitzer 1918
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: date made
content: Circa 1918
label: date made
content: ca 1918
label: associated date
content: 1918
name: label: artist
content: Stanley-Brown, Rudolph
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal and watercolor on paper. Soldiers firing a line of 155mm howitzers into the dark in a World War I engagement. Barbed wire runs in front of the guns.
label: Description
content: Lines of wire entanglements, like the one depicted here, were used to prevent advances across the No Man's Land between the parallel lines of enemy trenches.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: Europe
topic: label: depicted
content: Guns
label: depicted
content: Soldiers
label: depicted
content: Battle Scenes
label: depicted
content: Trees
label: depicted
content: Landscape
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: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.59729M
label: catalog number
content: 59729M
label: accession number
content: 216896
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: illustration board (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 1/4 in x 27 1/2 in; 43.815 cm x 69.85 cm