Object Details
- Description
- Charcoal sketch with some color on some of the figures. Soldiers, men, women, and a horse all gathered at a water trough. The men wash up and the women are doing laundry. Behind the trough, on the side of a building is a sign that reads "EAU MAUVAISE" (loosely translated to mean "non-potable water"). In the left background is a soldier reading a newspaper and smoking a pipe; more soldiers are behind him.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Morgan, Wallace
- 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)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 in x 19 3/4 in; 35.56 cm x 50.165 cm
- Object Name
- sketch
