Object Details
- Description
- Charcoal sketch with ink wash. The work depicts General Pershing greeting crowds of people in a square in Saint-Mihiel, France. Behind the general is a line of French soldiers, both mounted and on foot, in formation.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- associated person
- War Department
- depicted
- Pershing, John J.
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- date made
- 1918-09
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- date depicted in sketch
- 1918-09-13
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- Physical Description
- ink wash (overall production method/technique)
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 1/8 in x 20 1/4 in; 33.3375 cm x 51.435 cm
- Object Name
- sketch
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