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Drawing of a wrecked stone bridge and rubble in a river, with damaged houses and small workers in uniform on a street behind.

French Engineers Clearing Wreckage of Bridge Château-Thierry

Mixed-media drawing in charcoal, gouache and oil shows a stone bridge arch in the foreground beside a riverbank heaped with fallen masonry blocks. Behind, damaged townhouses with broken roofs line the street while small figures in dark uniforms work among earth mounds and rubble.

Artist
Aylward
Date
1918
Medium
charcoal (overall production method/technique) gouache (overall production method/technique) oil (overall production method/technique) paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size
4000 × 3424 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1918).
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

Español: Ingenieros franceses retirando escombros del puente de Château-Thierry

Dibujo de técnica mixta en carboncillo, gouache y óleo muestra un arco de piedra de puente en primer plano junto a una orilla cubierta de bloques de mampostería caídos. Detrás, casas dañadas con techos rotos bordean la calle, mientras pequeñas figuras de uniforme oscuro trabajan entre montículos de tierra y escombros.

Português: Engenheiros franceses removendo destroços da ponte de Château-Thierry

Desenho em técnica mista, com carvão, guache e óleo, mostra um arco de pedra de ponte em primeiro plano, ao lado de uma margem coberta de blocos de alvenaria caídos. Atrás, casas danificadas com telhados quebrados ladeiam a rua, enquanto pequenas figuras de uniforme escuro trabalham entre montes de terra e entulho.