American Officer Mess in the Cellar
date: label: date made
content: ca 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: maker
content: Duncan, Walter Jack
notes: label: Description
content: Graphite, charcoal, and ink wash sketch. Five officers sit around a table while another soldier serves them. The chair in the foreground is empty. On the table, a lamp illuminates the men's faces and casts shadows on the walls. A box telephone and two bottles of wine are among the items on the table. The sketch is done on white wove paper mounted on beige card that is ruled with decorative graphite lines.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: France: Hauts-de-France, Château-Thierry
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: 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.25688
label: catalog number
content: 25688
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: graphite (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: ink wash (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 12 in; 40.64 cm x 30.48 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 9 3/4 in x 8 in; 24.765 cm x 20.32 cm