Front Held by the 88th Division
date: label: date made
content: 1918-10
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: maker
content: Duncan, Walter Jack
notes: label: Description
content: Graphite, black crayon, and sanguine crayon sketch highlighted with turquoise gouache (or conte crayon). The scene is of a road lined with houses. A dead horse in the road is surrounded by descending crows. The half-timber houses are in ruins. Turquoise clouds in the background. The sketch is done on brown wove paper and then mounted on tan card. An inscription on the lower edge of the mount reads: "Front held by the 88th Division, October, 1918./Balschwiller, Alsace."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: department where Balschwiller is located
content: France: Grand Est, Département du Haut-Rhin
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: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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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.25704B
label: catalog number
content: 25704B
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pencil (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: crayon (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: gouache (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 7/8 in x 15 1/16 in; 27.6225 cm x 38.25875 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 8 5/8 in x 13 in; 21.9075 cm x 33.02 cm