A Road at the Front
date: label: date made
content: 1918-04
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: A charcoal, pencil, and watercolor color sketch on paper of a camouflaged road at the front lines. An American soldier is walking down a road that is bordered on each side by a barbed wire fence covered with branches and wood that continues into the background. The catalog card records the original label for this drawing: "This is the road from Baccarat to Pexonne via Vaqueville. It shows a screening of camouflage made from reeds and pine bows now turned brown with age. On the distant hills (a little to the left of the center of this picture) is located a German O.P. [Observation Post]. The road is quite frequently under shell-fire."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: France: Grand Est, Baccarat
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.25908
label: catalog number
content: 25908
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: sketch with frame: 12 7/16 in x 15 3/8 in; 31.59125 cm x 39.0525 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch without frame: 8 9/16 in x 13 5/8 in; 21.74875 cm x 34.6075 cm