Object Details
- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch on blue-gray paper. Women are making nets and camouflage material in a large tent-like structure in Dijon, France. The structure appears to be fortified with sand bags at one end. There is a label attached to the bottom center of the sketch that reads: "MAKING NETS AND CAMOUFLAGE MATERIAL/Central Camouflage Depot at Dijon/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/3004."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- Physical Description
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- ink wash (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 1/2 in x 14 3/4 in; 31.75 cm x 37.465 cm
- sketch: 10 3/8 in x 13 5/8 in; 26.3525 cm x 34.6075 cm
- Object Name
- sketch
