The Castle Sedan Used as German Military Hospital
date: label: date made
content: 1918-11
name: label: artist
content: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: Ink wash and charcoal sketch on paper. The work depicts the Château de Sedan, a castle in Sedan, France, while it was used as a German military hospital during World War I. The foreground of the drawing is dominated by a large cross in a circle which appears to have been cut in to the grass on the ground. The castle is shown behind the cross, with a flag, likely a hospital flag, flying on one of its peaked roofs.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: France: Grand Est, Sedan
topic: label: related event
content: Armistice of November 11, 1918
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.25868
label: catalog number
content: 25868
label: accession number
content: 64592
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink wash (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: card (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 7/8 in x 19 3/8 in; 32.7025 cm x 49.2125 cm