Valley of the Marne at Mont St. Père
date: label: date made
content: 1918-07-26
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Harding, George Matthews
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal, sanguine, and crayon drawing on heavy textured cream wove paper. The work depicts the town of Mont St. Père and the valley of the Marne from an aerial perspective. Mont St. Père is a shell-torn town clogged with troops, horses, and equipment passing through. A British airplane and an observation balloon are in the sky.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Planes
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.25753
label: catalog number
content: 25753
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: pastel (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: sanguine (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 3/4 in x 19 1/2 in; 67.945 cm x 49.53 cm