A Billet Village on the Marne
date: label: date made
content: 1918-06
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: A charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper. The sketch depicts a small village in France where American soldiers were billeted during World War I. The Marne river, seen here in the right background, was
label: Description
content: the line a German offensive in the spring and summer of 1918.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: France: Grand Est, Marne
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.25944
label: catalog number
content: 25944
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: sketch with frame: 11 15/16 in x 15 1/4 in; 30.32125 cm x 38.735 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch without frame: 8 7/8 in x 11 15/16 in; 22.5425 cm x 30.32125 cm