The Hand Grenade
date: label: date made
content: ca 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: Dunn, Harvey Thomas
label: artist
content: Dunn, Harvey Thomas
notes: label: Description
content: A charcoal and pastel drawing on paper of a group of German soldiers attempting to take cover from a hand grenade that has been thrown into the middle of their party. Depicted are five German soldiers wearing dark green uniforms, two with helmets and two with fatigue caps. Two soldiers at right are attempting to dive away from the grenade, while the three other soldiers recoil away from the grenade. The soldier at left is standing against the wall with his hands shielding his face. The grenade is likely an Mk.I Offensive Fragmentation grenade, an Mk.II Defensive Fragmentation grenade, or a French F1 Defensive grenade. It is in the center of the room emitting white smoke but has not yet detonated. The soldiers are in a stone room, possibly a bunker or an "Albri," with an arched doorway which the grenade was thrown through. Signed at bottom left by the artist, "Harvey Dunn, AEF"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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: Military
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content: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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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.25718
label: catalog number
content: 25718
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: pastel (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: drawing with frame: 24 1/16 in x 30 1/8 in; 61.11875 cm x 76.5175 cm
label: Measurements
content: drawing without frame: 18 in x 24 1/4 in; 45.72 cm x 61.595 cm