Gateway at Verdun
date: label: date made
content: 1918-11
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: A pencil and watercolor sketch on paper of a gateway into Verdun, France. The Meuse river flows in the foreground. A bridge over the river leads to a tall fortification gate with a French flag flying. Behind the gate is the town of Verdun; a church steeple rises over the other buildings of the town.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: Meuse River
label: depicted
content: France: Grand Est, Verdun-sur-Garonne
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.25990
label: catalog number
content: 25990
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: pencil (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: sketch with frame: 12 1/16 in x 14 15/16 in; 30.63875 cm x 37.94125 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch without frame: 7 3/4 in x 11 1/16 in; 19.685 cm x 28.09875 cm