First Americans Crossing the Rhine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal sketch on paper. The work depicts American troops crossing a bridge over the Rhine in the city of Koblenz, Germany. The bridge, made of planks laid over a series of boats, cuts vertically through the foreground.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Koblenz
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.25826
label: catalog number
content: 25826
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pencil (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 1/4 in x 14 1/2 in; 53.975 cm x 36.83 cm