The Argonne Country
date: label: date made
content: 1918-11
name: label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: Pencil and watercolor sketch on paper. The sketch shows an American soldier standing in the foreground on the left. He is next to an elaborate cross on a hill, looking out over a village, which is in the background on the right. The Argonne forest was the site of a major battle during World War I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: France: Argonne
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.26063
label: catalog number
content: 26063
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
label: Other Terms
content: sketch; Pencil and Ink
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (mat board material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sketch material)
label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (sketch production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (sketch production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 15 3/4 in; 27.94 cm x 40.005 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 5 3/4 in x 12 in; 14.605 cm x 30.48 cm