Barber Shop and First Aid Station of the Red Cross at Essey
National Museum of American History

Barber Shop and First Aid Station of the Red Cross at Essey

War Department · 1918-09-17

ink wash (overall production method/technique)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

Graphite with brush and black ink wash. The sketch depicts a shell-torn building with an automobile parked inside. A line of clothes is visible through the large hole in the building. A group of men gather around a chair, where one man is being attended to by a barber. Army truck at right of building. The sketch is done on beige wove paper mounted on beige card ruled with decorative graphite lines.

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