Tents and Barracks at Gievres
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: Mixed media sketch (charcoal, pastel, and likely watercolor and/or gouache) on paper. In the center of the sketch is a stand of tall trees. Tents and other low structures form a line through the drawing. Several soldiers stand among the crop rows. There appear to be several telephone or telegraph poles in the background, behind the tents. These barracks were located at Gievres, France during World War I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: France: Centre-Val de Loire, Gievres
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.26067
label: catalog number
content: 26067
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
label: Other Terms
content: sketch; Watercolor and Charcoal
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: pastel (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 3/4 in x 15 1/8 in; 27.305 cm x 38.4175 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 6 5/8 in x 11 5/8 in; 16.8275 cm x 29.5275 cm