The River Front at Saumur
date: label: date made
content: 1918-07
name: label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal and pencil sketch on paper. The sketch shows the buildings that line the waterfront of a city. The river is in the foreground and is bounded by a wall, with steps leading into the water. There are people along the river bank; two of them appear to be fishing. In the background is a large castle that rises above the town; this is the Château de Saumur. An original label on the drawing read, "A view of the city showing the chateau. The city is interesting as the location of an important American artillery school." On the reverse of the paper is a small sketch of an artillery gun.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: France: Pays de la Loire, Saumur
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.26076
label: catalog number
content: 26076
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
label: Other Terms
content: sketch; Mixed Media
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (mat board material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: graphite (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 15 in; 27.94 cm x 38.1 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 7 3/8 in x 11 3/4 in; 18.7325 cm x 29.845 cm