Object Details
- Description
- Graphite, black crayon, sanguine crayon, and white gouache sketch. Village scene with traditional houses around a road. Several children, a woman, and a dog are in the road, along with two American soldiers and a horse. On the far right of the sketch, several men are sitting together next to a fence. The sketch is done on dark gray wove paper and mounted on tan card ruled with decorative lines. Written beneath the sketch, on the tan card, is the following inscription: "An invaded village in Germany-/Zone of the American Army of Occupation".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Duncan, Walter Jack
- date made
- 1918-12-15
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- Physical Description
- crayon (overall production method/technique)
- pencil (overall production method/technique)
- gouache (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 15 1/4 in; 27.94 cm x 38.735 cm
- sketch: 8 3/4 in x 13 in; 22.225 cm x 33.02 cm
- Object Name
- sketch
