The Square at Echternach, Luxembourg
date: label: date made
content: 1918-10
name: label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: Colored sketch on thick white paper. This work depicts Place du Marche in the Luxembourgish village of Echternach on Luxembourg's border with German Rhineland at the close of World War I. Banners line the facade of Echternach's city hall in the foreground, and the steeples of the basilica rise from the background. The soldiers in the square are likely American, an Army truck is visible on the street to the right, and a Red Cross ambulance is on the street to the left.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: Luxembourg: Echternach, Echternach
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.26064
label: catalog number
content: 26064
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
label: Other Terms
content: Sketch; Mixed Media
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sketch material)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (sketch production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: colored pencil (sketch production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 15 1/2 in; 29.845 cm x 39.37 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 7 1/4 in x 11 in; 18.415 cm x 27.94 cm