Pexonne
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: date made
content: 1918-04
name: label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: Mixed media sketch on paper of the entrance to a bunker in Pexonne, France. Branches strewn on the ground camouflage the dugout.
label: Description
content: Dugouts such as the one depicted here were common sights along the line of trenches in the First World War. They were created by digging into the ground or the side of a hill and were used as temporary shelter by the troops
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: France: Grand Est, Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle
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: 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.26033
label: catalog number
content: 26033
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
label: Other Terms
content: Sketch; Pastel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (mount material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sketch material)
label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (sketch production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (sketch production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 13 3/4 in; 30.48 cm x 34.925 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 10 3/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 27.305 cm x 24.13 cm