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Artist:
Stanley-Brown, Rudolph  Search this
Physical Description:
watercolor (overall production method/technique)
paint (overall material)
charcoal (overall production method/technique)
paper (overall material)
illustration board (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 17 1/4 in x 27 1/2 in; 43.815 cm x 69.85 cm
Object Name:
painting
Associated place:
Europe
Date made:
1918
Circa 1918
ca 1918
Associated date:
1918
Description:
Charcoal and watercolor on paper. Soldiers firing a line of 155mm howitzers into the dark in a World War I engagement. Barbed wire runs in front of the guns.
Lines of wire entanglements, like the one depicted here, were used to prevent advances across the No Man's Land between the parallel lines of enemy trenches.
Location:
Currently not on view
Depicted:
Guns  Search this
Soldiers  Search this
Battle Scenes  Search this
Trees  Search this
Landscape  Search this
Related event:
World War I  Search this
ID Number:
AF.59729M
Catalog number:
59729M
Accession number:
216896
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Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
Military
Art
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-2de9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1391114