Road to the Front, Northwest of Chateau Thierry
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Townsend, Harry
label: artist
content: Townsend, Harry
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal sketch on white paper. Sketch depicts an American artillery convoy moving along a road lined with trees, presumably towards the frontline. The cart shown is drawn by a horse and has a canon hooked up to the back. Part of the front end of a car and a horse are visible in the bottom right corner. Several soldiers march along with the convoy, while others rest against the trees that line the road.
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: 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.26113
label: catalog number
content: 26113
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 23 in; 43.18 cm x 58.42 cm