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Charcoal sketch of a war-damaged village street with ruined houses, rubble, and a horse-drawn cart in the distance.

A Street in Lucy-le-Bocage

A charcoal drawing on paper shows a village street lined with shattered stone houses, broken walls and collapsed roofs. A horse-drawn cart stands in the distance beside a rubble-strewn road, under a pale sky. Inscribed with the village name and the date, the sketch is signed by the artist at lower right.

Artist
Smith
Date
1918-08-04
Medium
charcoal (overall production method/technique) watercolor (overall production method/technique) paper (overall material)
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size
3999 × 3022 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 2008).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

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