In the Bishop's Palace, Verdun

A pencil and watercolor sketch of a ruined interior, with broken ceiling beams overhead and a fallen wooden chair on a debris-strewn floor. An arched doorway opens onto a distant view of a town on a hillside. Muted green-gray washes give the scene a somber tone.

Artist

Smith

Date

1918

Medium

watercolor (overall production method/technique) pencil (overall production method/technique) paper (overall material)

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)

Size

3165 × 4000 px

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